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Recent Examples of puddledFrail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream.—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished.—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025 Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything.—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Warsh believes markets have driven those rates up in response to muddled policy from the Fed, including the recent spike in inflation after Covid — but going much further back, too.
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Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
This switch-up to the formula makes new episodes of The Comeback compelling to watch, even as the season’s big-picture storytelling remains a bit muddled.
During a nearly four-hour Friday hearing in Mecklenburg County small claims court, Jackson and Agape’s attorneys parsed through a muddied timeline that involved verbal agreements between Ball, Jackson and either Cam Newton or his father, Cecil Newton.
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Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
There is a desperate need to protect first-party data, which becomes muddied when bots, rather than humans, navigate a site.
Clean Glass Shower Doors Melt about half a cup of coconut oil and mix in a few drops of lemon juice to create a solution that will go to work on scummy glass shower doors and walls.
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Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
But beyond its account of a family in flight, from both the authorities and its own murkier truths, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young interrogates the radicalism of the 1960s and 70s, its unlikely alliances, its political legacies, and its many, many casualties along the way.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Most people have come to terms with that, but things get murkier in the realm of AI.
This uncut and unfiltered bourbon is powerful in flavor and strength, usually aged for about 15 years and bottled at barrel strength—which has entered hazmat territory at times.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2026
These candid, unfiltered posts create a feeling of democratization.