as in to afflict
to cause persistent suffering to
a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month
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Recent Examples of bedevil
That lapse will bedevil Fed policy makers this coming week and for several meetings thereafter.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Home runs, which have haunted Rockies pitchers all season, especially at Coors Field, bedeviled Gordon.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
The last concern is the pockets, which often bedevil me.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Home runs, which have haunted Rockies pitchers all season, especially at Coors Field, bedeviled Gordon.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
The last concern is the pockets, which often bedevil me.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
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The Lakers were down LeBron James, afflicted by nerve pain.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bicycles ignore the real tangible problems that afflict us.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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The extravaganza was the first in years to enjoy the viewership on both TV and streaming that people come to expect of the event after a fallow period during which NBC was plagued by Asia time-slot challenges and the coronavirus pandemic, among other factors.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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When an unexpected event takes him back to his hometown, he is reunited with his mother and old friends but also confronted by the corruption that plagues his country, sparking a political awakening.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Blasphemy accusations have been used repeatedly to persecute Christians and other religious minorities in the country.—
Sean Nelson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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She is besieged on all sides—by her in-laws, by social workers, by untreated psychosis—and yet in possession of a terrible freedom.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Already beset with their share of injuries, the Wild lost top-line center Joel Eriksson Ek on the game’s opening shift.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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The remigration policy has been beset by legal challenges and in August, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled while the facilities in Albania could remain open, Italy needed to ensure asylum-seekers aren’t being remigrated to dangerous situations in their home countries.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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