befogs

present tense third-person singular of befog
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Verb
  • Typically caused by a sensitive immune system — which confuses innocuous bacteria for harmful pathogens — symptoms include fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight loss, anemia, skin changes, arthritis and more.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The disinformation pushed by these types of influencers confuses audiences, leaves them less informed, and erodes trust in actual journalism.
    Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Especially for a complex negotiation surrounding a shutdown, what’s technically true is often presented in a way that obscures the full picture.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The treacle, in any case, obscures noble intentions.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The initiative highlights how the war in Ukraine blurs the line between civilian tech and military hardware, as armies seek to field cost-effective solutions of industrial strain and battlefield urgency.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The result is a bittersweet dramedy about rejection, resilience and legacy that blurs fiction and reality.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 1 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
  • When the sky darkens, her stomach clenches.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • When that last stellar ember cools and darkens, the age of black holes will still be in its early days.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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