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
These factors occur against the backdrop of fitful wage growth and climbing inflation, with everyday prices for housing, energy and groceries bedeviling Americans.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
After losing that Super Bowl to the Patriots, Reid was criticized for mismanaging the clock, something that bedevilled him well into his career.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
That arrangement was always intended to be temporary, but for nearly two decades, the details of unwinding such massive institutions have bedeviled three presidential administrations.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The violence that bedeviled New Orleans in the first years of the pandemic has receded substantially, with major drops in the number of homicides, carjackings and armed robberies.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
After losing that Super Bowl to the Patriots, Reid was criticized for mismanaging the clock, something that bedevilled him well into his career.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
That arrangement was always intended to be temporary, but for nearly two decades, the details of unwinding such massive institutions have bedeviled three presidential administrations.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The violence that bedeviled New Orleans in the first years of the pandemic has receded substantially, with major drops in the number of homicides, carjackings and armed robberies.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
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In ways both provocative and beautiful, Faustine’s photography explored conditions afflicting Black women across time.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Most of the United States’ Northeastern states would be among the more afflicted, as would be the Great Lakes region.—
Katharina Buchholz,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Relying heavily on retrospective interviews and self-reporting, these approaches, still widely used in marketing and management, are plagued by recall bias and rationalization.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Now comes a lengthy report published by the Independent Rikers Commission that states the obvious: the offshore complex, plagued by violence and apathy to the level of unconstitutionality, will not close by the date set six years ago by the City Council.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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At least two of them fled Venezuela in part because Tren de Aragua was persecuting them, according to the lawsuit.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yoon’s conservative supporters have latched on to his arguments as well as his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, strongly echoing the dynamic between President Donald Trump and supporters who say he has been wrongly persecuted by a corrupt judicial system.—
Beomsu Jo,
NBC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Maria accepts the role; because of her age, Christine has to sign a waiver, and Maria is next seen witnessing a scrum of paparazzi besieging Marlon Brando (played by Matt Dillon) on location.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Well-wishers so besieged Moore that the actress had to be informed formally that the engraving process was complete.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Analysis by the think tank outlines how despite Putin's record spending, Russia's military industrial complex (MIC) is still beset by labor and component shortages, a collapse in arms exports and difficulties in modernizing.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Los Blancos are also desperate for solutions at centre-back, given the injury woes that have beset Éder Militão and David Alaba these past 12 months.—
Sam Tighe,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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