murky
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Mr. Naismith, a professor of medieval history at Cambridge University, notes that he came to the throne “under murky circumstances.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Advocates for ethanol blended gasoline got a long-awaited win in the House, but a bill allowing year-round sale faces a murky future in the Senate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Details about the underlying allegation remain murky, but the department sources familiar with the matter said the LAPD’s secretive Special Operations Division tailed officers who were under investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Mick Mulroy, a former assistant undersecretary of defence for the Middle East at the Pentagon, said any link between pausing Project Freedom and a possible peace deal remains murky.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Irwin lived in a murky, comfortable basement apartment in one of the rundown streets of outer Cambridge and drove me there—for a beer, he said—after three cups of bitter coffee in a student cafe.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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