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Westpac revealed Monday that mortgage applications have plunged by 20% since the federal budget in May as the outlook for property becomes murky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

But law scholars are split on the issue that opens the door to a murky legal maze pitting the reach of a presidential pardon against the scope of the Fifth Amendment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

"The outlook for working with Wildberries is very murky," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The conflicting views have painted a murky picture of how AI will affect the job market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

She recorded the new album with the same team — the hit-making writer-producers Ilya Salmanzadeh and Max Martin — but here they go for a murkier, more percussive sound to match Grande’s dark mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

The family you can always rely on to make the world a murkier place.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

The fate of the Dhammazedi Bell is one of Myanmar's murkiest mysteries and for some Burmese a lifelong obsession.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2014

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