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foggy

[fog-ee, faw-gee] / ˈfɒg i, ˈfɔ gi /


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She was transported to hospital in critical condition but later regained consciousness, with her lawyers saying this week that she was walking around but in a "foggy" mental state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Tanager-2 took off around 11:30 a.m. on a foggy day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Everything was foggy, you couldn't open the window and it stank," she said, showing a picture on her phone of an orange glow partially obscured by thick smoke clouds that had turned the air black.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the fictional, foggy town of “Widow’s Bay”—trying to sell itself as the next Martha’s Vineyard—Matthew Rhys smoothly sails through drama, horror and comedy with impressive range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Though it was dark and foggy, she seemed to eye each of them carefully, and Seven swore she could see inside her brain.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

For 21-year-old Marwa, the momentary burst of relief, of hopefulness, at having gotten out of Kabul in 2021 was morphing into something darker and foggier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"And then the rain picks up and it gets foggier, and you hear something nearby and you're like, 'Oh, okay.' Suddenly you realise you're really vulnerable. You're really exposed."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

It’s likely that her grief is making the future even foggier.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026

“Archaeologists and physical anthropologists try hard to make their fields ‘real’ hard science, but the further back you go, the foggier the data gets,” said Peter Bullock, a retired chief archaeologist for the U.S.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

Next morning dawned colder and foggier than ever, and even Wolf seemed dejected as he led them upstream.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The seven-week study window covered the time of year when Heber Valley is the foggiest.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023

The city witnessed one of the foggiest days of the season so far, with visibility dropping to below 50 metres on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023

Shifting away from the foggiest areas could save a little time and reduce the risk of accidents.

From Scientific American ● May 1, 2023

As one general conceded, they did not understand Afghanistan and didn’t have “the foggiest notion” of what they were doing.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2019

Where he was getting these sudden smarts, I hadn’t the foggiest.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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