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[mur-kee] / ˈmɜr ki /


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Because of those parasites and the extremely dark, murky environment in which the sharks live, scientists have long suspected that Greenland sharks may be functionally blind.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Chinese consumer authorities and media have warned about damaged equipment, murky compensation rules, deposits that are difficult to recover and personal data left behind on rented electronics.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

But the components of that cost are varied and murky, making it hard to determine the best way to return the costs to consumers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The 23-year-old Spaniard’s plans for the coming hard court season remain murky.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

If he craned his neck, he could squint up at the murky sky.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

From Barron's Jun. 30, 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

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

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

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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