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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
people wandered around in a haze in the days following the earthquake
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as in to tease
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech
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as in to blur
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline
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Recent Examples of haze
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Clouded in the haze of a political extravaganza, Norvell never revealed his motivations for shooting Meredith.
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Aram Goudsouzian,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
Buildings, trees, hills and city haze can easily block Mercury, so the best viewing spots are open fields, beaches, elevated areas or any location with a clean line of sight toward the western horizon.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Noun
With calmer weather compared to winter's haze and endless cloud systems, a clear sky is more likely — and so are camping trips under a dark sky.
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Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Clouded in the haze of a political extravaganza, Norvell never revealed his motivations for shooting Meredith.
—
Aram Goudsouzian,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
Buildings, trees, hills and city haze can easily block Mercury, so the best viewing spots are open fields, beaches, elevated areas or any location with a clean line of sight toward the western horizon.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haze
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In other words, entire sections of coastline turned into shifting underwater fog banks.
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Sunglasses can fog, slide down, collect sweat or slightly change how the ball looks.
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Hospital staff lined up to sing and dance, celebrating their good fortune, as the pair looked on in a daze.
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Summer Satur-daze Summer Music Series.
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Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, took over as chief executive of Relativity a little more than a year ago, teasing new areas of focus such as orbital data centers, philanthropic space science ventures, and national security missions.
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The singer has been teasing the song on tour this summer.
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Critics argued the required reading list promotes Christianity over religious diversity and civil rights while blurring the constitutional separation of church and state.
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This season's collections blur the lines between swimwear and ready-to-wear, transforming swimsuits into versatile wardrobe staples that transition effortlessly from poolside afternoons to seaside dinners.
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Poor caching quietly increases latency, cloud cost, battery usage and backend load at scale.
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Channel the optimism of a 2016 summer with short nails that look like clouds of cotton candy.
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The groove passes between them without ever quite resolving, each jolt followed by a pocket of silence that feels almost taunting.
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Neither incidents involved taunting players from the opposing team, and both of those techs have reportedly been rescinded.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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Some ideas displayed Wednesday included a bandshell, mist fountain and children’s play area.
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Some other standouts include a collagen glow mist for bouncy, plump skin at under $15, as well as viral toner pads to soothe blemishes and even out skin tone for under $20.
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“Haze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haze. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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