befog
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After adding befog, we’ve guessed more than three letters for more than 96 percent of all puzzles we might face in Wordle, in four guesses.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
No irrational, misguided sentimentality shall befog my firm conviction that Bob Cousy, while still at Holy Cross, retired the title to "The Greatest."
From Time Magazine Archive
Whether this version was correct cannot be learned, the British policy of concealing submarine captures, in order to befog Berlin, cutting off information from that source.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller
Strife and confusion, however bewildering, must never befog their vision.
From The Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi
He had a variety of disguises, each designed to befog the public more hopelessly than the last.
From The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Overruling those just to appease your clearly befogged co-parent is a bad habit to get into right as you’re starting this journey.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
So many years later, the “idealism” of that moment proved to be a mirage, viewed through the befogged lens of hubris, clouded by lies.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
The Steilhang exuded the full gloom of a north face at befogged dawn.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
The basic 2-B dispute has been befogged by both sides: by McDonald's charges that the steel industry is out to "bust the union," and by the industry's failure to explain its case to the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
When you shout Durham! the gloomy and befogged financial atmosphere becomes clear and there is a mad rush and scramble for her bonds.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From the frozen Moscow River, from the Kremlin, and the Cathedral of St. Basil, a vapor rose, clouding the skies and befogging the stars.
From Time Magazine Archive
And he knew why a cloud was thus effectually befogging his wits.
From Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy
The greatest trouble comes through the befogging emotions.
From Nerves and Common Sense by Annie Payson Call
It clears away some of the clouds befogging us.
From Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green
He had not been German long enough for befogging his mind to that point, but the moment was decisive for much to come, especially for political morals.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
