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as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension
the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy
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as in hazy
covered over by clouds
the skies grew cloudy and we headed home
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as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood
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Recent Examples of cloudy
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
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Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
Temperatures warm slightly Wednesday with a high around 39 and mostly cloudy skies.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Their senses were still developing; their vision was cloudy beyond close range.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis say Central Indiana is expected to have partly cloudy skies Thursday night with a low around 25.
—Eric Lagatta, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
Temperatures warm slightly Wednesday with a high around 39 and mostly cloudy skies.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Their senses were still developing; their vision was cloudy beyond close range.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis say Central Indiana is expected to have partly cloudy skies Thursday night with a low around 25.
—Eric Lagatta, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2024
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At the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, heavy rains—likely influenced by the volcanic disruptions—turned the battlefield into a muddy quagmire, delaying Napoleon's attacks and aiding the Allied forces' eventual victory.Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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But in the Northeast and Midwest, that research points to a less concrete loss, of ice fishing and pond skating and dogsledding, and other parts of life that just aren’t as possible in a sopping wet, muddy winter.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Growing support from the Hill While the full details of these policy proposals remain hazy, a growing number of lawmakers have signaled early support for the effort.Luke Garrett, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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The sound of the vast rotors rippled through the air tossing up the lagoon’s waters in a misty haze.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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With an awed expression and misty eyes, Swift marveled at the waves of aural affection, taking out her ear monitors to fully experience the overwhelming sound.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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The user posted the images and videos, including an image of a light in the sky, and several videos that appear to be shot from a plane cabin, but are very dark.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Editors and dermatologists alike love it for its fine line–smoothing powers, along with its ability to dramatically lighten dark spots caused by sun damage.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
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On a recent rainy Wednesday in Manhattan, Leonid Kogut sat and looked in awe at Apex, a stegosaurus that spans 27 feet.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Their story could have been told myriad ways and, if the current TV market had anything to say about it: the best way to tell any true crime is to be as bleak, haunting and gory as possible.Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, people have taken to social media arguing that, while the film might be visually appealing, its underlying message is bleak.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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But the dog domestication saga gets even murkier in the context of the peopling of the Americas, which might have occurred sometime between 27,000 and 16,000 years ago.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet the science surrounding the Pet Effect is murky, at best.Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Cloudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloudy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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