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The Trump administration tabled a draft peace accord, but the terms — including U.S. recognition of Crimea as Russian territory, a freeze of the front lines and undefined security guarantees for Ukraine — have managed to do nothing but upset everyone.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025 -
Here’s a look at the progression between the two: Upon inspection, the bare branches of the trees look fuzzy and pixelated, while the steps in the snow appear undefined.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
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Scouring the data for other variables that might’ve affected dementia risk, the researchers found that both groups, vaccine-eligible and vaccine-ineligible, were practically indistinguishable.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Apr. 2025
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The quality of the legends can vary greatly, with higher-end keycaps looking indistinguishable from doubleshot keycaps, but less expensive options appearing fuzzy or blurry.—
Henri Robbins,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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From the foggy castles of ancient England to the rain drenched alleys of contemporary Paris, his craft makes readers lose the sense of time and space.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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There are sometimes only images: foggy white drizzle, melted rainbows in a gasoline puddle, pink foam insulation bursting between slats of splintered wood.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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Indeed, hung on the walls are vintage Italian posters and the floor is composed of alternating rust, black, and white tiles; walls are painted with a faint green Venetian plaster.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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The piece resembling an Aeolian harp is a tall rectangle, and its strings should make faint sounds as the wind blows through them.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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The Oldest House is the FBC’s headquarters, and serves as the central location of 2019’s Control — although the shadowy org also plays a smaller tangential role in the Alan Wake series.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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Things look bleak — until a shadowy character with a white beard comes to break him out of the jailhouse, killing whoever gets in the way.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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But with the right techniques and products, those pesky white streaks and cloudy spots don’t stand a chance.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The pattern is bringing cool, showery, cloudy weather to the East and West, and mostly clear, mild conditions to the north-central U.S.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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After flowering, fuzzy silver seedpods remain through winter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The video Amazon released Friday of the Kuiper deployments is fuzzy, and the finer details of the satellites are unseen.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
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The Warriors’ playoff hopes look dim after losing Game 4 of their second-round series with the Timberwolves amid a third-quarter avalanche that included a scoreless spell of nearly five minutes.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Brown, the energy developer who’s been awaiting Bonneville’s solar approval since 2020, said the future of the Northwest’s energy dreams looks dim.—
Tony Schick,
ProPublica,
12 May 2025
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“Obnubilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnubilated. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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