Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In hydraulic engineering, the operation of filling the cracks caused by the contraction of clay in embankments with mud sufficiently wet to run freely.
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Examples
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After Erin Allweiss saw thick, black oil sludging up on the coast near her native New Orleans, she decided to do something.
Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill 2010
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While every effort must be made to stop this particular continued sludging of our environment, the fact is that every potential well dug into the seabed brings with it this potential level of foul results.
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After Erin Allweiss saw thick, black oil sludging up on the coast near her native New Orleans, she decided to do something.
Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill 2010
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After Erin Allweiss saw thick, black oil sludging up on the coast near her native New Orleans, she decided to do something.
Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill 2010
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Suitable for trucks, vans and buses, this unique and simple fuel conditioning system provides an innovative green solution to eliminate the fuel sludging problems that often beset modern vehicles, particularly ones which run on the increasingly popular biodiesel..
Fuel Duty bombshell Thatsnews 2009
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Suitable for trucks, vans and buses, this unique and simple fuel conditioning system provides an innovative green solution to eliminate the fuel sludging problems that often beset modern vehicles, particularly ones which run on the increasingly popular biodiesel..
Archive 2009-04-01 Thatsnews 2009
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And in the best spirit of NIMBY, the Obamas, after removing that contaminated soil from their lawn, should be the first family to push the EPA to halt the sludging of our public lands and farmlands.
Andrew Kimbrell: The Obama Organic Family Garden: Swimming in Sludge? 2009
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Fuel sludging is a growing problem and so TruckProtect range has introduced EcoFuelKleanz to its portfolio of products.
Archive 2009-04-01 Thatsnews 2009
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The added bonus was that I couldn't see the readout, so the minutes/miles/calories weren't sludging by at an excruciatingly low pace.
Drive Yourself To Distraction To Make Exercise Fun | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Fuel sludging is a growing problem and so TruckProtect range has introduced EcoFuelKleanz to its portfolio of products.
Fuel Duty bombshell Thatsnews 2009
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