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- adjective
comparative form ofmurky : moremurky
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Examples
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The Supreme Court ruled that honest-services fraud can still be used to prosecute clear-cut crimes such as bribes or kickbacks, but not in murkier circumstances like the case against Mr. Skilling.
Appeals Panel Hears Skilling Argument Michael Rothfeld 2010
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Drugs should be presented as the Great Evil because of their effects on what he charmingly calls the murkier parts of our society.
Arrogant Gods of Certainty TK 2009
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Drugs should be presented as the Great Evil because of their effects on what he charmingly calls the murkier parts of our society.
Archive 2009-11-01 TK 2009
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The political picture is a good deal murkier, which is why tomorrow, at 2: 00 p.m.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: And the Winner Is... - November 19, 2000 2000
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As the various factions of the opposition and Morales tussled over his economic policies and constitutional reforms, the country split along clear geographical and class lines and murkier racial ones.
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But it's spreading like a summer cold through the murkier parts of the right-wing blogosphere.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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As President Barack Obama declared with a fanfare his intention to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention camp last week, he made no mention of another growing US-run prison – with more than twice as many inmates and an even murkier legal status.
A New Lawfare Front 2009
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Instead, she's played by her own rules, supporting large-scale projects that others would deem too risky, wading through a bureaucratic network that's murkier than mud.
This Woman is Changing the Way We See Art Marshall Heyman 2012
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As President Barack Obama declared with a fanfare his intention to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention camp last week, he made no mention of another growing US-run prison – with more than twice as many inmates and an even murkier legal status.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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Many have speculated that Armstrong's suicide may have had something to do with his rocky financial situation, recent divorce filing or negative representation on his estranged wife's "Housewives" reality show, but insights into Schram's suicide are a bit murkier.
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