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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
Every so often, the bleary-eyed budget chiefs, Sen. Ed Hooper of Palm Harbor and Rep. Lawrence McClure of Dover, appeared publicly for brief meetings in the state Capitol to ratify decisions that had already made in private.
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Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Now, mornings pass into nights as Vest emerges bleary-eyed from sewing sessions that often last longer than her bouldering sessions.
—Outside Online, 17 May 2025
But following every night of ecstasy comes a lonely, bleary-eyed morning-after.
—Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
But no one was thrilled with the new appointment time, least of all a bleary-eyed Williams.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Now, mornings pass into nights as Vest emerges bleary-eyed from sewing sessions that often last longer than her bouldering sessions.
—Outside Online, 17 May 2025
But following every night of ecstasy comes a lonely, bleary-eyed morning-after.
—Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
But no one was thrilled with the new appointment time, least of all a bleary-eyed Williams.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
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When Anthropic secretly added additional weekly usage limits to Claude Code, power users were left befuddled, claiming the company’s calculation of usage was inaccurate.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Aira is the befuddled target of some ribbing from a group of other company members, Ching, Mia, Jessica, Fabian, Orlando, Loy, Ralph, Jorge, who are here to show support and, most important, to catch up with one another.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul during Joe Biden’s criminal withdrawal, or Saigon during the Tet Offensive.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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To those who dismissed the film as simplistic and dopey, well, that was part of its eternal appeal.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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Given the steep, rocky terrain and limited dozer access, hand crews and aviation resources will remain the primary suppression tools.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The coral was seen growing out of the rocky bottom of the sea from a depth of about 2,200 feet, but near the region known as the deepest reaches of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 July 2023
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In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 May 2023
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“Bleary-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleary-eyed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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