Example Sentences

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Some researchers caution that victimization surveys don’t line up with the fall in reported crime, possibly muddying the picture for some offenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Yet the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, personal consumption expenditures, rose 0.4% in December from the prior month and 3% from a year earlier, muddying the case for rate cuts.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

It allows both parties to get the best price they believe they can afford or believe is fair without muddying the waters with personal obligations and emotional leverage.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

But muddying the issue is the often totally random nature of dog attacks.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

They rushed over the path to the bank of the river and skidded down the last yards of incline, muddying their shoes.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez