as in hazy
covered over by clouds
overclouded skies are a common feature in that Dutch artist's landscape paintings
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the eerie dusk of an approaching storm overclouded the plains
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Adjective
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Granted, people’s memories can get a little hazy at times, but here’s an unscientific sample of what some other metro music fans hold dearest about Memorial Hall.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Keeping the tradition alive Every year on a hazy summer evening, Hoosiers gather at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in Linton to learn the ropes.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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And while the game gives some basic tutorials for new abilities, a few mechanics seem intentionally obscured.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The general outage follows an incident on Sunday when another failure darkened several provinces in eastern Cuba due to a transmission line failure.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Thunder crackled and skies darkened in Mooresville.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Who else was caught off guard by the dreary, misty rain this morning?—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Since opening in 1991, the café has blurred the lines between restaurant, nightclub, and theater.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The name comes from how their interior walls were blackened from burning peat.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Currently, according to Applebee's website, menu items include bourbon street chicken and shrimp, hot honey glazed chicken and blackened Cajun salmon.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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He was not overshadowed by Muniz, who was starting his third game in a row.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Often overshadowed by their male counterparts, these artists–including Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell–were pioneers in their own right.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Overclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overclouded. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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