turbid
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The emptying of the reservoirs has released vast amounts of sediment that had accumulated behind the dams, sending pulses of turbid brown water into the river.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024
A very clear relationship emerged in the long term: intertidal areas only grow when the water is turbid enough.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2024
Ukrainian troops evacuated its staff before a 4-meter wave of turbid, polluted water flooded the station and its breeding ponds.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024
Within them, turbid pockets of gas were forced ever inward, kindling the fires that would end the cosmic dark ages.
From National Geographic • Sep. 14, 2023
The earth must have sunk a little here, because the river broadened and slowed, and it was hard for the skipper to trace his true course through the wide and turbid streams.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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