sludge

Example Sentences

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This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

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 • Mar. 4, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

But as soon as she got one leg free, the other was sucked into the sticky sludge, her balance already a struggle with that missing front paw.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman