fog
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I lived in a fog of grief and shock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
There’s a mild fog of envy in the air as the early arrivals at the restaurant await Nick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Dust in the disk scatters light from the central star, creating an effect similar to fog.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sam Backway, GWH's lead sleep and ventilation nurse, said as well as affecting their work and ability to drive, sleep apnoea could cause people "extreme distress", with common symptoms including "brain fog" and "poor concentration".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Torak came to a dead halt in the swirling fog.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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It fogs up in the fridge and smells faintly floral every time I pour it.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025
The skyline’s angular visage melted away, as mists and fogs and silvery showers softened edge by edge.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
After an almost quarter-century journey hampered by political squalls, economic doldrums, sometimes mutinous crews, and last-minute fogs, this cultural vessel has securely, and handsomely, come to berth here, opening to the public on Tuesday.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
For three solid, unrelieved weeks, the pileup of cyclonic storms has obscured the Northern California coastlines with dense drifting fogs and white mist thrown off huge waves.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
My breath fogs out in giant puffs in front of me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Streetcars delivered residents to their errands across the city, windows fogged with condensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
One of the quiet tragedies of the potluck is that perfectly good food often remains trapped in its travel container — lids half removed, plastic corners fogged with condensation.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Photos on social media showed them slouched on plastic chairs, swathed in plastic bags fogged up by their breath.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Then his visor fogged up and he couldn’t see.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
His breath fogged the glass, cleared, fogged it again.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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"Instead of soil, we pack these containers with a specialized coco-peat substrate derived entirely from coconut husk. We then integrate a highly precise drip-irrigation and fogging system to control micro-climates."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
CDC officials are working with state and local officials to do more real-world field testing, including experiments in which mosquitoes placed in cages outdoors are checked after an insecticide fogging truck passes by.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
“As for fogging, we drilled holes in the plastic at the side of the nose and that worked.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
“You see that? They were barren mounds of red mud 15 years ago,” said the man, Khadga Bahadur Karki, 70, tears of pride fogging up his glasses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Her father squeezed her fingers and sighed, his breath fogging his spectacles again.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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