mud-caked

• “TOKYO — Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers Monday for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people dead, the latest disaster for a country still recovering from a calamitous tsunami six months ago.”

  The Huffington Post: Japan: Typhoon Talas Kills At Least 20

• “Hundreds of troops joined state and local authorities to continue combing the mud-caked rubble left in the wake of this week's rain and mudslides.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Brazil Towns Struggle After Floods

• “A few minutes later, a battered, mud-caked Land Cruiser pulls up outside the pink stucco walls of the Ayer's Rock Resort.”

  Fictionaut: Kangaroo Dreaming

• “Counselor Stephen D. McCullough said the calls were at four times their normal volume, and ranged from people still in shock to a woman who has just one set of clothes that now are mud-caked and studded with glass and debris.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Demand for Counseling Surges in Joplin

• “- Javier Campos returned to his neighborhood for the first time in nearly a month Monday to find the serene little enclave of fishing camps and homes a putrid, mud-caked mess after the historic flooding of the Mississippi River.”

  The Huffington Post: Mississippi River Floods 2011: Residents Return To Flood-Damaged Homes In Mississippi

• “The previous day's pre-winter storm also turned anything that was not paved into a mud-caked quagmire.”

  The Huffington Post: Army Lt. Chad Ware Wins 2011 Marine Corps Marathon (VIDEO)

• “Now I picture mud-caked filthy kids being dunked into steaming hot baths of Mr. Bubble by their parents once a month.”

  Mr. Bubble Gets You So Clean, Your Mother Won’t Know You? - The Retroist

• “For all her earthiness—Camilla still loved to “muck around” the gardens at Highgrove in her mud-caked Wellingtons—the Duchess of Cornwall had proven herself a skilled courtesan who, for obvious reasons, viewed other women warily.”

  Simon & Schuster: William and Kate

• “The water had receded by Friday evening, but the mud-caked road will remain closed through Saturday as emergency crews work to clear all the stranded cars.”

  USA Today: 3 die in Pittsburgh flash flooding; cars submerged

• “Until weeks later when her boyfriend, a mud-caked, bloody Kurt Russell, finds her body buried in a duffel bag," she explained.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Horror Movie That Was Only in My Head

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