befogs

present tense third-person singular of befog
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for befogs
Verb
  • But the state's message confuses parents, especially the poor and underserved, Anzalone said.
    Arthur Allen, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But too often, this instinct to chase conflict distorts reality and confuses the public.
    Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But in a market where definitional confusion obscures risk and competitive tensions drive narratives, distinguishing signal from noise is increasingly critical and difficult.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • China, by contrast, communicates through political rhetoric that obscures bureaucratic intent.
    Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Take the quiz here … DUGOUT SECRETS – Mysterious wooden canoe found after Hurricane Ian still baffles experts three years later.
    , FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One case that still baffles is the macabre story of Virginia McCullough, who killed her parents for their money – and then lived with their bodies for four years.
    KC Baker, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For a garden that blurs the lines between traditional and modern, combine a clean hardscape with aged materials and spilling plants.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Civil liberties groups and university associations have since argued that the order blurs the line between national security vetting and political censorship.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Remove pressure to perform and find flow Cortisol clouds judgment and kills creativity.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The absolute level of yields is unthreatening, but Treasury holders were selling after a strong rally as the horizon clouds up a bit.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The tree produces an annual fall harvest of walnuts, enclosed in a green husk that darkens when ripe.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When the sky darkens, her stomach clenches.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nandi is experiencing severe insomnia, tremors and psychosis, and her quickly deteriorating condition bewilders the emergency room staff.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
    Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gating much of that control behind certain subscription tiers further obfuscates what’s possible.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Befogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befogs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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