If we hit that thick mud it would grab the front wheel and flip us over.

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"There was a dreadful roaring behind them as they stumbled, half blind, frightened, soaking wet, through miles of paddy, sinking into thick mud while trying desperately to outrun the ever-pursuing monster, " Winchester tells us.

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The thick mud nearly sucks off my shoes.

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The explosions were accompanied by heavy rain, leaving the island's roads coated in a thick layer of mud.

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Instead we found Peter Bornu and his wife, knee-deep in thick, oily mud pulling at the branches of the mangroves and stacking them in their wooden boat.

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Drilling engineers use tons of a thick fluid called drilling mud to lubricate drill bits as they chew through rock.

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Indeed, thick layers of caked mud carved up the streets on Saturday, evidence of the rushing water's movement down the hill and into Lake Superior, and some roads were simply missing.

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Davy Jones was so eager to cough up its bounty from a massive high-quality reservoir 200 feet thick that McMoran several months ago had to control the flow by filling the hole heavy drilling mud.

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