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
Malone, in his interview with Moffett, noted that Europe’s largest TV players have held up against the same trends that are bedeviling the U.S. majors.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wallace points out that many Satoshi investigators have been bedevilled by faulty pattern-matching, a particular vulnerability for those who have seized upon superficial stylistic similarities with unwarranted glee.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
The hardware problem has bedeviled generations of smart glasses, and there still isn’t a neat fix.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Animals of all kinds, from beetles to birds, are bedeviled by evolutionary traps.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wallace points out that many Satoshi investigators have been bedevilled by faulty pattern-matching, a particular vulnerability for those who have seized upon superficial stylistic similarities with unwarranted glee.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
The hardware problem has bedeviled generations of smart glasses, and there still isn’t a neat fix.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Animals of all kinds, from beetles to birds, are bedeviled by evolutionary traps.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
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The findings, published in the journal PLOS Biology, point to innovative strategies for combating a disease that afflicts millions annually.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The pastor asked the group to name some of the plagues that afflicted Egypt.Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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Karlsson is starting to eliminate the bad decisions that plagued him during the season’s first month.Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the host of the 2034 World Cup, a controversial move as all eyes turn to its human rights record and concerns following migrant worker abuses that plagued Qatar’s 2022 World Cup.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Like Oya and Elphaba, Céline tells her story from the perspective of the persecuted.Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Set aside the fact that Trump never persecuted his political enemies during his first term, including Hilary Clinton.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The hero is a guy named Kash who valiantly rises to the defense of King Donald, who’s being besieged by Hillary Queenton.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some of the states do not have returning electors, and these are the ones where criminal cases have been brought, though many of the cases have been beset by issues.Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The South Korean president has also been beset by scandal involving his wife, first lady Kim Keon Hee.Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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