bedevil
Example Sentences
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That makes romance vulnerable to the same problem that bedevils almost every economic transaction: imperfect information.
While the new ordinance lowers hurdles for landlords interested in converting their underused buildings, they still face market and regulatory forces that bedevil all housing developers.
From Los Angeles Times
Employment reforms have bedeviled successive Indian governments since the country first opened its economy to the world in 1991, after nearly half a century of autarky.
Especially moving in “Neptune’s Fortune” is the insight and empathy Mr. Sancton brings to his consideration of the book’s bedeviled but oddly gallant protagonist.
Luckily, Scarlet comes up with a straightforward solution to everything that’s been bedeviling her: She simply declares an end to war, forever.
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