With the outcome of Britain's May general election becoming muddier by the day, other governments are growing bolder.
The officials said the F.B.I. thought that her accounts were becoming muddier, rather than clearer, about whether she knew that Ms. Mercado was in the United States illegally and whether she employed her as a housekeeper.
Mosquito ferns are very small plants, often less than 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, that float on the surface of still waters, sometimes becoming stranded on muddy banks.
A rescue operation has taken place in Australia to retrieve a missing horse which was close to death after becoming trapped in a muddy ditch for several days.
If the river does flood, the athletes' village is likely to find itself becoming an island in a sea of muddy water.
The comfortable-with-itself Pantera, whose slow, fat riffs can be traced back to Led Zeppelin and further still to the blues of Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed, risks becoming an early-90's anachronism.
Though it's more traditional to stick a few tents in a muddy field, locations for festivals are becoming increasingly adventurous, providing a stunning backdrop to nights of alfresco partying.
With absurd art school tuitions, rising rents in our world's creative hubs, and industries that are becoming increasingly cluttered and nepotistic, the path to becoming an "artist" has probably never felt more muddy and confusing.
Initially wary of each other — and of muddying up their respective messages — they found common ground once they realized their homeland was becoming increasingly hostile both to workers and "deviants".
