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[klau-dee] / ˈklaʊ di /


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"The identity of the party is pretty cloudy," said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a centre-right think tank.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be cloudy and cool, with highs topping out in the mid-60s and lower 70s, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the Pacific tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, the skies were cloudy on Saturday morning but the sea was still relatively calm.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Temperatures will be about 3 degrees higher than Sunday and the cloudy overnight skies will make things seem very mild.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Doc took a jar full of cloudy water out of his bag and placed it high up on a shelf.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

The first signs that a dog is crossing over into his senior years are often a graying muzzle, cloudier eyes or a slower gait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The cloudier skies in Scotland and Northern Ireland will mean that UV levels will be more like 4-6 or in the "medium" to occasional "high" level.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Temperatures will be much closer to the seasonal average elsewhere across the country, though it may feel rather cool in the cloudier moments.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

The picture is a little cloudier for actors in a supporting role, said Feinberg, with both male and female categories up for grabs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

The sky was getting cloudier, and in the darkness the cold seemed more intense.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Thursday looks set to be the cloudiest of the three nights.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

May and June are usually Southern California’s cloudiest months, Sirard said, but the persistence of the trough made it even more so this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

She had to stop driving; the sunlight on even the cloudiest day forced her to close her eyes.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

He forgot how McEnroe’s eyes used to narrow as if against the noonday glare, even on the cloudiest of days.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2018

But Hohenfels thought of nothing less than of a personality, being in his cloudiest mood of generalization.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various


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