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murky

[mur-kee] / ˈmɜr ki /


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So, it’s all very murky and uncertain … but long story short: It is possible that plague is at play.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a pet store hidden away in Seattle’s Chinatown, he and his friend Joan came across one in a murky little tank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

At 0-2 in the conference, the Wolverines are bumping around in the murky depths with Rutgers, which is like one of those fish with a lightbulb flaring over its head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

For now, the path forward looks as murky as ever.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

I thought of my dorm room—of the murky walls and frigid tiles, but also of the sunflowers Drew had sent, and of the textile wall hanging a friend from Zimbabwe had brought from his village.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Yet once companies have captured the low-hanging fruit, the road forward may get murkier.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Things get murkier from there, especially when it comes to oil demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The rest of the field is murkier, but I think Chase Infiniti, star of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ coming-of-age follow-up ‘The Testaments,’ should make the cut.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

If you’re looking at a flight later than this summer, the picture is murkier, but it probably makes sense to hold off for a few weeks if the ticket price is really high.

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

To acknowledge these horrors means turning away from the brightly rendered version of your country as it has always declared itself and turning toward something murkier and unknown.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Despite legislation coming into effect almost a decade ago, the issue of 'anchoring' continues to be one of the murkiest in the game.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

HKU1 has the murkiest evolutionary history, but its genetic sequence clusters close to the murine hepatitis virus, suggesting it has a rodent origin.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2024

The murkiest part of Wagner’s Sudan drive is in Darfur, a region riven by conflict and rich in uranium.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2022

Gravity-powered, the sleek stainless steel system cleans even the murkiest pond water of viruses, bacteria, pathogens and other nastiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2018

I had seen the number on the radio in Greg’s memory only a few hours earlier, burning brightly through even the murkiest clouds of his thoughts.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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