Sentences with phrase «into muddy waters»

Simmons» fiction delves into muddy waters, exploring subjects such as domestic violence, addiction, and mental illness.

Simmons» fiction delves into muddy waters, exploring subjects such as domestic vio....

Three devout Christians made statements last week that point to the challenge for evangelicals as we step into the muddy waters of another electoral season.

Congressmen and women tried to get Bernanke to wade into the muddied waters and finally he flippantly said that legislators get paid the «big bucks» to make fiscal policy.

One day, I encountered a group of kids standing in a circle around a bucket, staring deeply into the muddy water swirling within.

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That's the equivalent of five household outlets, and enough voltage to handily stun prey lurking in the muddy waters of the Amazon River basin into submission.

Once you introduce money into the equation, and offer a cash prize to the winner, the waters quickly get muddied.

Just when it looked like Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as CEO of Uber was coming into focus, the genial executive has muddied the water by buying, of all things, a bike - sharing startup called Jump.

Taken in isolation they only serve to muddy the waters.6 Even in Process and Reality the transformation of God into an actual entity is not wholly complete, and to that extent there is some truth in the assertion that «what little influence Whitehead's God has on the actual world... he has as a principle, not as a being or person, and insofar as God is a personal being, he is without any effect on the actual world.

Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter; irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them; grave like a guest (in awe of his host); evanescent like ice that is melting away; unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything; vacant like a valley, and dull like muddy water.

Sonoma County Vintner Steve Kistler to Pay More Than $ 500,000 to Settle Creek Pollution Case: A Sonoma County vintner has agreed to pay $ 579,700 to settle water code violations stemming from the release of muddy pond water into a Valley Ford creek that supports spawning fish, state officials announced Thursday...

But let's face it, by the time the unheralded Bowen took her celebratory plunge into the moat by the 18th green on Sunday, the LPGA's biggest names had already muddied the waters.

But if Houston got into the Big 12, it'd further muddy the waters of a high - stakes recruiting area.

Is the criteria they are using that which was listed yesterday in the support email, have they taken into account the extra info sent out yesterday as clarification, which appears to muddy the water?

He also seeks to further muddy the waters by bringing the PIPA controversy into this discussion.

As it is, the deluge of research into the question of Scottish autonomy seems mostly to have muddied the water instead of clearing it (where its effect has been felt at all), leaving the public debate to retreat slowly to expressions of «gut instinct» over reasoned reflection.

Ulster County residents want New York City to spend more money locally on dealing with flooding and muddy water, and New York State has promised to involve the public in defining the scope of environmental impact studies of the city's turbid water releases into the lower Esopus.

A spokesman for DEP — they always have an answer — said the issue wasn't muddy water released in torrents into the Esopus from the reservoir, but the quality of water coming out of taps in Gotham.

Seeking to further muddy the waters in the wake of his candidate's dirty e-mail scandal, Caputo just dashed off a letter to state Inspector General Joseph Fisch demanding an investigation into the potential violation of the Public Officers Law by AG Andrew Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.

Water shoes provide clear and substantial benefits, as they can transform an unpleasant hike through muddy terrain into a blast.

Yet One Mississippi never sinks too far into the muddy river water thanks to its buoyant bits of comedy.

One example: In the original story, the characters go to Hill House simply to see if it really is haunted.But in the new movie Self muddies the waters by turning the characters into insomniacs who think they're participating a sleep disorder study!

In one sense, the Golden Globes, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, muddy the water by dividing the best actress, actor and picture categories into drama and musical or comedy, thereby doubling the number of nominees.

The final character of note is Mila (Scottie Thompson), who plays the «girl walks into a bar» role and proceeds to muddy the water in this big plan.

Most scammers either keep on scamming or scurry away into the corner only to return under a different name, but a few have been doing what they can to muddy the water.

Cockapoos will definitely jump into a clean pool of water, but they are just as comfortable in a muddy stream.

Your ski - bum buddy grosses you out by mixing his frugal concoction of tomato soup (ketchup and hot water swirled together; stolen saltine crackers dunked into the muddy liquid).

Note: Most travelers booking Economy or Discount Economy fares will not be reaching a meaningful level of status (Silver or above) with British Airways so I have deliberatley not muddied the waters by taking status earning into consideration in this blog.

Why crawl through muddy water and trek through a swap in an attempt to find rival soldiers, when you can very easily turn into a squid and slide to the other side of the skate park and ink all those who oppose you?

It just ends up muddying the waters for my customers and cutting into my bottom line.

, young black children, who might have been from Harlem as easily as Brazil or Niger, leap into a muddy pool of water as if on the run.

Throwing landfall probability and damage impacts into the chain of evidence muddies the water even further.

Designed to be worn around the neck, this life - saving accessory scores big time points for functionality, transforming any old muddy puddle into a refreshing sip of water.

Not only are those softer soils slipping, wrecking roads and other infrastructure, the uneven land is spilling muddy water into lakes and streams.

Introducing the concept of strategic resource into the ICA process muddies the foreign investment waters.

We won't go into the complicated, muddied waters of wireless charging standards here (because it's long and slightly boring), but ou will need to stay put while charging.

However, the world heading into 2018 is transforming faster than ever, introducing insurers to new, undocumented risks and substantially muddying the waters around existing ones.

An exception exists if you muddied the waters of your separate ownership, such as if you titled a particular asset in joint names or deposited your separate money into a joint marital account.

When we add real estate and other assets into the mix and we are trying to make trades based on the values of these things, the water can get a little muddied.