as in to afflict
to cause persistent suffering to
a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month
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Recent Examples of bedevil
The Jennifer Incident has bedeviled Umbrella Academy fans for nearly as long as The Umbrella Academy has been around.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
The client wanted an heirloom for each of her two daughters but also a table large enough for hosting, a challenge that bedevilled and delighted Method Studio at every stage.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Although Moscow has also been dealing with desertions, Ukrainians going AWOL have laid bare deeply rooted problems bedeviling their military and how Kyiv is managing the war, from the flawed mobilization drive to the overstretching and hollowing out of front-line units.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The lack of affordable, quality child care has bedeviled parents and employers across the country for several years, even becoming a talking point in this year’s presidential election.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
The client wanted an heirloom for each of her two daughters but also a table large enough for hosting, a challenge that bedevilled and delighted Method Studio at every stage.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Although Moscow has also been dealing with desertions, Ukrainians going AWOL have laid bare deeply rooted problems bedeviling their military and how Kyiv is managing the war, from the flawed mobilization drive to the overstretching and hollowing out of front-line units.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The lack of affordable, quality child care has bedeviled parents and employers across the country for several years, even becoming a talking point in this year’s presidential election.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
Verb
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What afflicts the great star of the court can equally afflict the great star of the quad.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Among them was the plight of Marie Freyre, a 14-year-old afflicted with cerebral palsy and seizures who died within 24 hours of a long, bumpy ride from a Tampa hospital to the Golden Glades nursing home, ordered despite objections from her family.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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David in particular can’t seem to understand why Benji is so consistently plagued by suffering.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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The planning for the bill has already been plagued by GOP division over demands for substantial spending cuts, disagreements about a one- or two-bill strategy, and other matters.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu is far more popular in Israel now than before the war and the Egyptian leader, who has viciously persecuted its parent organization, the global Muslim Brotherhood, has been reprieved by Western creditors in reward for maintaining a stony silence over Gaza.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The facts of the complex historical matter are somewhat simplified and compressed, but care is taken to inform the viewer — briefly — that the Mormons were persecuted in Missouri and Illinois and that church founder Joseph Smith was assassinated, to give some background to their defensiveness.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Alawites have become a community besieged, set to be excluded — if not persecuted — by the Sunni political class now in ascendance.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Russian field armies are besieging the city of Pokrvosk just south of Kurdyumivka and also besieging the city of Chasiv Yar north of Kurdyumivka.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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There was one person former City Manager John Shirey sought to understand a Sacramento beset by economic downturns in 2011.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Jan. 2025
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The new record comes as little surprise after a year beset by extremes.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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