1.   The rain had also turned the city to mud, not the usual red mud but a curious purple shade.

2.   Before we knew it, we were in an adrenaline-pumping red mud hole that stretched from ditch to ditch.

3.   All four wheels clawed over boulders, ruts, and the slick, red mud of a late-fall snowmelt.

4.   Exhausted soldiers, their uniforms drenched and their boots caked with the red mud, lay on top of army packs along the wall.

5.   Had a handy shower come along and transformed the red clay to red mud, Hingis might have challenged Graf to a wrestling match before trophy time.

6.   On the Raritan River town of Bound Brook, N.J., a layer of red mud clogged streets.

7.   Red mud oozed across Centennial Olympic Park, backhoes blocked streets and stacks of Sheetrock sat on sidewalks, waiting to be hauled into rehabbed buildings.

8.   Slogging through the red mud at Camp Picket, Jordan trained for service in a tank.

9.   The car kept sliding in the dark red mud, leaving new tracks, like a decoration on creamy chocolate fudge.

10.   The village is well-known for its pottery made from the red mud from the river.