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murky

[mur-kee] / ˈmɜr ki /


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I know it’s still murky, but what is the current state of the acquisition of Infowars?

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

The outlook for spirits companies in the U.S. is very murky, but the bad news is priced in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

So, by the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

"That made it quite difficult because that reservoir is very deep and very murky."

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Out in a field, I could see the glassy top of a large pond of murky green water.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

But lawmakers and intelligence experts warn that the legal picture is murkier in practice, especially if telecommunications and technology companies decide they no longer have sufficient legal protection to comply with government demands.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 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

Now, with LIV’s Saudi backers on the brink of turning off the spigot for a business that has hemorrhaged cash, the future is even murkier.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

In addition, the moonless sky was made even murkier by the swirling, smoky haze.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

But it’s a joke with depth, pointing to who Vahid really is, and who he isn’t, at just the time when that seems murkiest.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

The first, “From Dystopia to Our Declaration” by Nijawwon Matthews, is the murkiest.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

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

All of these factors cast this decision to live in the murkiest light.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2017

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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