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Recent Examples of becloud But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus. Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for becloud
Verb
  • The Dodgers are on Spectrum SportsNet LA, which is not to be confused with Spectrum SportsNet, which carries the Lakers.
    Chad Jennings, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Lesson 2: Don't confuse the end user with the paying customer.
    Mark Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Baseball’s celebration of that day often obscures the fact that MLB hasn’t been African American friendly in decades.
    Terence Moore, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • As recalls have been announced, Cybertruck sales have seemingly slumped, as Tesla obscured the true figures by lumping numbers in with sales of Model X and Model S, MotorTrend reported.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • This digital entrepreneurship, often centering a child-rearing homemaker, is obfuscated by stylistic, edited videos.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Yesterday, given the opportunity to back off his comments, Willard instead obfuscated.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Unlike a total eclipse, where the moon completely blocks the sun, a partial eclipse does not darken the sky significantly.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In the 2000s, her hair darkened, appearing more dark purple than red, with her makeup turning cooler with neutral-toned browns (see: VH1’s Save The Music Foundation in 2003).
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • Officials at Kaeng Krachan National Park shared a video on March 18 showing a mother clouded leopard with her cub searching for food at night.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There was the revelation of the family fight that has clouded their future.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Though rooted in self-love, these trends can blur the line between care and consumerism.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
  • On the other hand, holding a company liable for one person’s speech blurs the line between individual and collective responsibility.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Unlike a total solar eclipse, when the disk of the sun is completely blackened, an eclipsed moon does not vanish completely from the sky.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But the negro resents and utterly repudiates the effort to blacken his good name by asserting that assaults upon women are peculiar to his race.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Becloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becloud. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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