as in taunting
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 blurring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline
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Recent Examples of hazing
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Arizona passed a law in 2022 that made hazing a criminal offense in honor of Jack Culolias, who died as a freshman at Arizona State University.
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Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
MacPherson, who was let go in January 2024 as NU’s associate head coach, was also accused in a separate lawsuit, filed by former quarterback Lloyd Yates and an unnamed John Doe, of observing hazing incidents and making inappropriate comments about the latter’s girlfriend.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Dec. 2025
So far this fall semester, the university has flagged and is investigating four fraternities for hazing or endangering others.
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Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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Fraternity initiation ends in tragedy Several fraternity members at Northern Arizona University were arrested for hazing in the death of a student following a rush event.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Arizona passed a law in 2022 that made hazing a criminal offense in honor of Jack Culolias, who died as a freshman at Arizona State University.
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Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
MacPherson, who was let go in January 2024 as NU’s associate head coach, was also accused in a separate lawsuit, filed by former quarterback Lloyd Yates and an unnamed John Doe, of observing hazing incidents and making inappropriate comments about the latter’s girlfriend.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Dec. 2025
So far this fall semester, the university has flagged and is investigating four fraternities for hazing or endangering others.
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Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazing
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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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Beyond color and exposure adjustments, the AI Assistant will sometimes enable an artificial bokeh effect too, blurring the background as in portrait mode.
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To soften the look of this nostalgic floral, try blurring its edges to create an airbrushed effect.
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The pop singer has been teasing her return to music over the past few weeks with cryptic posts on social media featuring various images accompanied locations, dates and times.
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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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Moonrise will take place across North America in blue hour, when the sky is darkening but still retains color — perfect timing.
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Sweep sidewalks regularly to keep dirt and debris from building up and darkening the color.
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The entertainer gained notoriety on social media in the late 2010s for his sketches mocking everyday scenarios.
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Within a couple of hours, Wilkins’ replies to the post were flooded with accusations of favoritism, questioning the use of taxpayer funds to book her and mocking her sincerity about being chosen as a performer following high-profile exits from the event.
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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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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.
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Breaking the cycle of mosquito breeding in a non-toxic way reduces reliance on harmful fogging chemicals, which kill insects indiscriminately.
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Then remove the spark plug and add a fogging oil or small quantity of Marvel Mystery oil to the cylinder and replace the spark plug.
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“Hazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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