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as in confusions
a state of mental uncertainty
I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news
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as in confuses
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue
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as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
time will fog memories
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Recent Examples of fogs
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
Over-the-counter pesticides and fogs will not do the job.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
Barresi and Cuellar hold each other up with palpable tenderness, each one crafting a long, poignant arc from innocence through the fogs and thorns of experience.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
And fogs are closer to us than clouds.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
Over-the-counter pesticides and fogs will not do the job.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
Barresi and Cuellar hold each other up with palpable tenderness, each one crafting a long, poignant arc from innocence through the fogs and thorns of experience.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
Verb
The housekeeping team fogs the balés every week to keep most of the biting insects at bay, and gardens teeming with mosquito-repelling lemongrass and zodia plants help keep them at a distance.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogs
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Scientists believe seasonal winter clouds and hazes in the region may be limiting how atmospheric dust scatters sunlight there.
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The 56-year-old Williams has since found his mind often wanders through hazes of grief to memories of Thomas.
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Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.
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But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.
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If a neighbor or sibling confuses the thread, summarize and invite a decision.
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The study argues that such indirect language obscures a subject’s right to refuse a search and could violate their Fourth Amendment rights.
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The focus on the regime changes inflicted on the Arab world and the Middle East at large obscures the routine violence inflicted on its people.
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Watch for clouds passing by Friday morning through the early afternoon — that is a cold front that marks the arrival of our cooler weekend.
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During the final launch sequence in the film, the room fills with water vapor simulating clouds and fog from the launch.
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This Levoit vacuum just dropped under $200, and its impressive ability to pick up hair without any tangles is a pet owner’s dream.
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Tuohy found that only our top overall robovac pick, the Matic, did a better job on hard surfaces, while the Saros 20’s DuoDivide brush is designed to resist hair tangles, reducing the amount of maintenance required.
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LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
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General admission in some sports is getting so expensive that the barrier between a VIP ticket and a general admission one now blurs because people will pay $1,000 or $1,500 to go to a basketball match on a normal seat in the grandstand.
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Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until mixture darkens slightly, about 3 minutes.
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Citizen scientists are invited to build their own instrument to measure changes that occur in the atmosphere when the sky momentarily darkens.
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“Fogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogs. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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