as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze
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Again the water spray obscured what happened there just before the twister lost its power.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025 -
Derrick White and Jrue Holiday were almost good enough to obscure the absence of Brown and Tatum in the game’s final 20 minutes.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
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The 20-episode series aims to blur the line between reality and imagination, mixing comedy and drama with a nostalgic nod to the vibrant ’90s era that shaped him.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Meanwhile, our fiction picks include books with alternate timelines, ones that blur the boundaries between what’s imagined and what’s real and multiple dark academia novels.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The bottom line: The clouds hanging over the economy are darkening and gathering, economists say.—
Laurent Belsie,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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As the sky darkened and duck calls filled the sky, their number appeared as a shadowed cloud approaching the rice fields.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Now, as the lights dimmed, Graham’s son Don, dressed in a sports coat and New Balance sneakers, stepped up to the lectern.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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The lights in the hall dimmed completely — and then the room lit up again as hundreds of small beams illuminated the space.—
RoselynMartin Somtochukwu Ilo,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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If a vigorous plant begins to blacken at the top or whole branches are dying back, this is a sign that something is wrong.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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Ice, for serving Lime wedges, optional garnish Mint sprigs, optional garnish Roast the pepper until the skin is uniformly blackened.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
6 May 2025
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The noise of external opinions, data overload and performance pressure can cloud our judgment.—
Paige Williams,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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However, the festivities were clouded by fear in Moscow that Victory Day could become a target for Ukrainian drone attacks, a possible motivating factor behind Putin's three-day truce proposal.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
9 May 2025
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Fisher suggests a few tips for ensuring strong seedlings: mist the seedlings regularly, keep them on seedling mats while germinating, and use a UV light positioned about two inches above the seedlings to prevent them from becoming too tall and weak.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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An old hairstylist trick is to lightly mist your brush or comb with some hairspray to tame frizzies and flyaways.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
12 Feb. 2025
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
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“Bedim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedim. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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