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as in hazy
covered over by clouds
a gloomy, beclouded sky that aptly matched our mood
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as in clouded
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
the water was so beclouded by mud that I couldn't see the bottom
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as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon
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Scratches, streaks, and a hazy appearance are common results of treating oven glass like any other surface, especially when stains have been baked on for some time.
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Three signature beer varieties were poured by the craft brewery, including its Kit Kupker, an amber ale; Devil’s Paint Box, a West Coast IPA; and Honest Haze, a hazy IPA.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
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It's called cognitive empathy, not to be confused with emotional empathy.
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So The Listeners — not to be confused with 2022’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson and you in a voice role — is just now reaching the States.
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Those themes are compelling on paper, but they’re expressed through a confusing mix of abstraction and hyper-local specificity, hidden beneath biker rock riffs, and obscured through Allbrook’s wiry, wailing vocal delivery.
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Ultimately, the core concern is corporate money in politics, with crypto PACs aggressively shaping elections by amplifying candidates whose records and funding sources are often obscured from voters.
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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The lushly green Canary Island is a haven for trekkers, with more than 300 miles of walking trails lacing over mountains and through misty subtropical rain forest.
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Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
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The line between fictional and real K-pop blurred further in May this year, when Netflix and AEG Presents announced a global concert tour featuring real-life performers as HUNTR/X.
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The pressure had become relentless, the boundaries increasingly blurred, and the cost to my own wellbeing impossible to ignore.
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The Iron fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles, authorities said.
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The Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles (87 square kilometers), authorities said.
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“Beclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beclouded. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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