sludge

Example Sentences

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In the city of Uba, a two-hour drive away, residents were covered in mud as they cleared sludge from a river that had burst its banks.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

For the purposes of “Crime 101,” that thoroughfare is reimagined as a quick escape route rather than the choked pipeline of sludge more familiar from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The Times built its own internal search engine to sort through the sludge.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

She said the chemicals leak out from manufacturing, washing our clothes or products with PFAS, as well as from the spread of waste sludge from water treatment works onto agricultural fields.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

The cliffs got closer, and he could see the islet shrouded in a veil of slashing rain and gray sludge.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook