as in to afflict
to cause persistent suffering to
a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month
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Recent Examples of bedevil
The Arizona Board of Regents retained William Morris Endeavor (WME) as a consultant to help tackle the post-COVID financial challenges that have bedeviled the main campuses and athletic departments of Arizona and Arizona State, the state’s two largest public universities.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
But this returns us to the paradox that has bedevilled the Biden Administration in its hopes for a Saudi deal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Board of Regents retained William Morris Endeavor (WME) as a consultant to help tackle the post-COVID financial challenges that have bedeviled the main campuses and athletic departments of Arizona and Arizona State, the state’s two largest public universities.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The issue of how aggressively to go after Russian oil and gas bedeviled America and its allies during the Biden administration.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
But this returns us to the paradox that has bedevilled the Biden Administration in its hopes for a Saudi deal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Board of Regents retained William Morris Endeavor (WME) as a consultant to help tackle the post-COVID financial challenges that have bedeviled the main campuses and athletic departments of Arizona and Arizona State, the state’s two largest public universities.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The issue of how aggressively to go after Russian oil and gas bedeviled America and its allies during the Biden administration.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedevil
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But in the midst of profound uncertainty and genuine pain and dislocation afflicting many, to convey confidence in addressing a highly volatile and fundamentally uncertain future would be inauthentic, and likely to be seen as such.—
Paul Laudicina,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Alhurra is subject to the same forces afflicting all TV networks, with audiences increasingly finding their news on TikTok and YouTube.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Flanagan boys track coach Jessica Carter said the inclement weather which plagued the meet the entire weekend and forced the postponement of the 3A meet until Saturday posed problems for her boys team.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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The last five years have brought back weaknesses that plagued Kohli early in his career as a brash but fiercely talented batter.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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No truly advanced society persecutes animals for sport.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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During its reign of terror, the Ustaše regime persecuted and murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma, as well as Croatians opposed to their rule.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2025
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The construction is about halfway complete, according to the former president's foundation, but it has been besieged by significant delays and has gone well over budget.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Ellie’s gets bitten After fleeing the TV station and killing two Wolves in a remixed turn of events, Ellie and Dina find themselves in a subway tunnel besieged by both WLF and infected.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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United, in contrast, are a club beset by debt and a club making redundancies at will (Laurie Whitwell revealed yesterday that another pair of senior departures are pending).—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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While South Vietnamese politics were often beset by instability and corruption, the idea of a non-Communist republican government based in the South enjoyed widespread support from the general public—even if that public often bemoaned their political leaders.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Bedevil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedevil. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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