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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Thick plumes of black smoke obscured the sky over Puerto Vallarta.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026 -
During his return trip, the subject tried to obscure the camera with foliage.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The video has been almost completely blurred except for the outside of the building and images of the stands.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Pages of documents on the images appeared to have been blurred.—
Dan Mangan,Leslie Josephs,Spencer Kimball,CJ Haddad,Justin Papp,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
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As Europe's political climate darkens against refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants, with governments including that of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni focusing resources on limiting new arrivals, Milan is taking a stand for a different approach.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2026
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Look out for the dark forms of Mare Crisium and Mare Fecunditatis darkening the sunlit wedge of Earth's satellite, which formed when ancient lava flows flooded networks of impact craters before hardening many millions of years ago.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Though both groups dimmed their lights three hours before bed, no other sleep or eating adjustments were required.—
Julia Sullivan,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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And strikes alone cannot kill Iran’s expert personnel or dim its ambitions to one day build a nuclear weapon.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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The venerable monk was draped in his maroon and saffron robe, his bare feet looking ashen with dust, a few of his toes still blackened from his arduous walk.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Feb. 2026
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As the salmon blackens in a skillet, the spices awaken, encrusting the fish in peppery piquant.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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Now, as Diggs’ contract merely clouds their roster-building crystal ball, Mike Vrabel and Eliot Wolf appear to be keeping their distance.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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For now, that excitement is clouded with uncertainty.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Lightly mist the entire outer surface of the boot.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
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Avoid getting the leaves wet and don’t mist the plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
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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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