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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
it's pretty foggy outside, so be careful driving home
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
could only see a foggy outline of the intruder in the dark
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Recent Examples of foggy
One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring.
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Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
That’s because a succession of mysterious individuals visit a light shop, the only consistent source of light in a dark foggy alley.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But, on a foggy Christmas night, Santa asks Rudolph to guide his sleigh through a terrible storm, an act that saves the holiday and turns Rudolph into a hero.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
After one particularly challenging transcontinental flight with a diaper blowout and a toddler with motion sickness, my husband disembarked in foggy San Francisco wearing just swim trunks and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
—Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
That’s because a succession of mysterious individuals visit a light shop, the only consistent source of light in a dark foggy alley.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But, on a foggy Christmas night, Santa asks Rudolph to guide his sleigh through a terrible storm, an act that saves the holiday and turns Rudolph into a hero.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
After one particularly challenging transcontinental flight with a diaper blowout and a toddler with motion sickness, my husband disembarked in foggy San Francisco wearing just swim trunks and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
—Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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After the multiple reports of the train delays, a first responder at the apartment building said over radio that there was burned food in a second-floor apartment and a slight hazy smoke on the second floor.Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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In the 2010s, when people were coming and buying four-packs of hazy I.P.A. for $16, $18, $20 directly from breweries, that was a very lucrative time.Terence McGinley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Instead of having the nerve to just say it, BSU put out vague, whiny press releases, apparently trying to minimize outrage on both sides.Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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Early on, that information was useful in forming a vague picture of our interests and behaviors.Jon Kirchner, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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These include detailed observations of the super-heated plasma that fills the space between galaxies — known as the intracluster medium — and faint light emitted by a nearby supernova remnant.Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The early fixtures are pretty low-key, although there is the faint whiff of a prospective upset with League One Peterborough against increasingly beleaguered Everton.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Such a boom and bust cycle means a lot of lush greenery that grows in the rainy times, and a lot of dead leaves, trees and other tinder that gets left behind when things dry.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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While Northern California and the Bay Area has seen a relatively rainy winter season, downtown Los Angeles saw just 3% of its normal rainfall since Oct. 1.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
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This six-episode Netflix series is taking on the murky world of health influencer culture—and what happened when a certain real-life influencer’s brand was built on a lie.Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
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As with most origin stories of football clubs that are a century and a half old, the truth of how Nottingham Forest came into being is slightly murky.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Foggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foggy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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