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
The charismatic, 46-year-old Moore would be a welcome respite for a party still bedeviled by Biden’s legacy-defining decision to seek reelection despite mental and physical acuity problems.
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Israel may be on the cusp of ending an Iranian nuclear threat that has bedeviled it and the West for decades now.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 June 2025
But this year, Democrats doubt that the issues that bedeviled them four years ago — like post-pandemic learning loss, public school gender policies, or higher crime that got blamed on criminal justice reform — will be on the ballot again.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
Since the Global Financial Crisis, poor productivity has bedeviled the U.K. economy for various reasons, including regional disparities and over-dependence on London and the southeast of England.
—Ian King, CNBC, 25 June 2025
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Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Israel may be on the cusp of ending an Iranian nuclear threat that has bedeviled it and the West for decades now.
—The Editors, National Review, 18 June 2025
But this year, Democrats doubt that the issues that bedeviled them four years ago — like post-pandemic learning loss, public school gender policies, or higher crime that got blamed on criminal justice reform — will be on the ballot again.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
Since the Global Financial Crisis, poor productivity has bedeviled the U.K. economy for various reasons, including regional disparities and over-dependence on London and the southeast of England.
—Ian King, CNBC, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
Verb
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The price transparency problem afflicting hospitals exemplifies the problem.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Her brother Aaron, afflicted with the same condition, had passed away in 2019.—
David Epstein,
ProPublica,
18 July 2025
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Mohammad Omar had been plagued with medical problems since birth.—
Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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That’s the kind of problem that leads to the rodent Rose Parade that’s plagued other restaurants on this street.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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The state government, closely aligned with Virginia’s de facto official Anglican church, persecuted Baptists during the 18th century.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Today, some 30,000 Druze and Christians are besieged—without water, electricity, food, or medicine.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Khader returned to Jenin briefly in December, smuggled in by friends while the camp was besieged by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in coördination with the Israeli military, as part of a crackdown on armed fighters.—
M. Z. Adnan,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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An Islamic State affiliate killed more than 40 churchgoers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region already beset by government clashes with a separate rebel group.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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It is hoped none has the problems that beset the apartments on Sycamore Drive.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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