sludge

Example Sentences

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The arrival of a hurricane means Evie, her little brother, Jack, and the other young people have problems of fresh urgency, including a flood of toxic sludge, that the adults seem unwilling to address.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“You must be hungry, seeing as you were trying to eat those apples. Have some sludge.”

From Literature

While the tariff sludge remains, markets digested mixed economic data.

From Barron's

While the tariff sludge remains, markets digested mixed economic data.

From Barron's