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verb (1)

past tense of haze

hazed

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verb (2)

past tense of haze

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Recent Examples of hazed
Verb
One veteran who, as a Jew, did feel excluded in the military during the 1970s (when he was hazed and even beaten), is Mikey Weinstein. Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors. Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026 Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying. CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying. ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026 Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout. Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025 As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly. Corey Buhay, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025 Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie. Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025 No one should ever have to be in that position, getting hazed. Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazed
Adjective
  • Then we’re yanked into Louis’s hazy POV, from which Armand is reading another one of his apology letters.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • Under a red condition, the sky can look hazy and smoky, visibility drops and the air may smell like smoke.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Jerry Rice wasn't about to ignore a heckler Thursday, as the NFL Hall of Famer charged into the gallery during the American Century Championship after a fan taunted him at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
  • The actor taunted his kids over their expectations of the couples.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Gros Morne National Park combines relatively dark skies with the deepest eclipse in eastern North America, with nearly half of the sun obscured at maximum.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2026
  • Severely nearsighted, Isul wore eyeglasses with thick plastic lenses, which obscured her lovely, small eyes.
    Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Adjective
  • This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.
    Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Later, on his social media, Ty teased another collaboration with the pop star in the future.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
  • Sales, who plays at Lawrence North High in Indianapolis, took official visits to all five of his finalists, and as recently as Tuesday, teased a picture of himself on a visit to Texas on his personal Instagram page.
    Grace Raynor, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Working alongside collaborators including Timbaland, Static Major, Bud’dha, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, and Stephen Garrett, Aaliyah helped craft a sound that blurred the boundaries between R&B, hip-hop, pop, soul, and electronic music.
    Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • In Detroit, which has dealt with some of the worst conditions in the country, the smoke has almost entirely blurred the city’s skyline.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • But in 1982, the waters of public opinion were far murkier—clouded by distance, by denial, and by the convenient myth of neutrality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
  • As lovers of the first film know, Paul is blessed with visions of the future, but his mind has grown clouded since assuming control of the galaxy.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead of treating her and Povich’s pregnancy struggles with care, the pair were widely mocked in the media and on late-night shows, including on In Living Color, which had premiered on Fox in 1990.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • Fans rightfully mocked the dancing cars mounted on robot arms that played during an inexplicable diversion on Universal Studios Hollywood’s Studio Tour.
    Robert Niles, Oc Register, 21 July 2026

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