as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
picture postcards never show those not-infrequent days when the coastal scenery is fuzzed up by fog
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For the next few minutes, the tree obscures at least one of the men.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Including these deaths is important, experts told me, because leaving them out obscures the true cost of war.—
Lydia Polgreen,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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The result is a bittersweet dramedy about rejection, resilience and legacy that blurs fiction and reality.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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The answer has become even less clear as the line blurs between Wall Street incumbents like Citi and fintech disruptors like Robinhood.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Today, as a government shutdown darkens our national museums and the National Endowment for the Humanities is gutted, the danger is no longer a matter of rhetoric but of radical, systemic action.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Fuzzes (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzzes%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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