as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the eerie dusk of an approaching storm overclouded the plains
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The radiation emanating from an AGN’s accretion disk also appears to dictate the size and orientation of its obscuring torus.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
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The only question now is how much of the public's time and money the Mayor is willing to waste to obscure the numerous poor decisions her administration and the County have made for decades.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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By blending information from two lenses, the camera system began capturing rudimentary depth maps, blurring backgrounds to mimic the look of a professional DSLR camera.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Aug. 2025
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San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus returned to the witness stand Tuesday on the second day of her removal hearing as county attorneys sought to depict her as a vindictive leader who blurred personal and professional boundaries.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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The prospect of flying Artemis III next year was further clouded by the May 28 explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at the vehicle’s only launch pad in Florida, causing catastrophic damage to the facilities there.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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What’s more, handling a mummy exposes it to potential contamination from modern bacteria and fungi, further clouding the picture of its microbial makeup.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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About the same time the wild pigeons, which used to darken the sun with their flights, left here, never to return.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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As the skies darkened and a swift downpour swept through the ballpark, both teams turned to their bullpens.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Burning along the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County line, the sprawling wildfire had blackened a total of 96,106 acres as of Thursday morning, InciWeb reported.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their hair was rising upwards, and they were covered with blood and dirt, and they were burned and blackened and swollen.—
Stephen Herzog,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Overcloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcloud. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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