Fishworkers I have met speak of muddied waters, islands disappearing and drastic reduction in fish and seaweed at the peak of the sand trade.

Source: https://theconversation.com/victims-of-the-green-energy-boom-the-indonesians-facing-eviction-over-a-china-backed-plan-to-turn-their-island-into-a-solar-panel-ecocity-214755

That is thrown out the window with RHCP’s take, which can sound muddied at times with blasting drum hits and thrashing guitar.

Source: https://americansongwriter.com/top-10-david-bowie-covers/

The government justification for firing further muddied the waters.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/columns/the-mirwaizs-killing-and-why-it-was-a-watershed-moment-for-jk-8620315/

What this means for South Africans is that the water of truth is being muddied and we’re no closer to getting to the bottom of this debacle,” says Steenhuisen.

Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ramaphosas-next-legal-move-key-to-how-phala-phala-matter-ends/

Yet Hirohito’s enduring presence on the throne and the revival of conservative elites around him permanently muddied postwar debates about Japan’s culpability, making possible a view that Japan had fought a patriotic and perhaps legitimate war.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/opinion/tokyo-war-crimes-75-anniversary.html