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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Nearly everyone knows the Boston Tea Party; many can summon at least a hazy memory of the Stamp Act or the Townshend duties.
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That could result in a slightly muted sky and a softer, hazier sun angle through the afternoon, though surface visibility impacts should remain limited.
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Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
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The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
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Its most dramatic attack occurred last week, when hundreds of drones overwhelmed Moscow’s air defenses and hit refineries and storage tanks, sending up black plumes of smoke that darkened the sky.
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Experts warn the vast basin, fed by the murky Tidal Basin and darkened by new paint that warms the water, may never stay algae-free without more drastic measures.
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Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
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With the mild temps, southeastern Wisconsin is experiencing some light, misty rain and foggy conditions.
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Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
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The concept has overwhelmingly blurred the lines between professional and personal hours for physicians, overburdening an already tenuous workforce.
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Meanwhile, the Iron fire, about 70 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, blackened 63 square miles by Friday and was 26% contained, authorities said.
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The Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles (87 square kilometers), authorities said.
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That goal has been overshadowed by his suggestions that Washington might seize control of Greenland or that Canada could become America's 51st state.
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With England, Balogun may have been overshadowed by Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and a gifted Three Lions squad that currently has the fourth-best odds, at +700, to win the World Cup, according to DraftKings.
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“Overclouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overclouded. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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