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cloudy

[klau-dee] / ˈklaʊ di /


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Estimates will remain cloudy, however, until economists can further incorporate Friday morning’s August consumer-price data into their analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

On Sunday it will be cloudy and damp for many in Northern Ireland and western Scotland.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The app may display that forecast with a partly cloudy icon for the region, which will be correct for 70 percent of the area, but not for the 30 percent that actually gets pouring rain.”

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Freshly eroded fragments make the coastal ocean cloudy, while dissolved organic carbon can darken the water.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

On gray and cloudy days, the Baudelaires had the beach to themselves to do what they liked.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Northern Ireland will be even cloudier, with some outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Clear sky will be crucial and the current forecast suggests that western areas will more favoured, with cloudier skies for central and eastern parts.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The first signs that a dog is crossing over into his senior years are often a graying muzzle, cloudier eyes or a slower gait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The picture is a little cloudier for actors in a supporting role, said Feinberg, with both male and female categories up for grabs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

The sky was getting cloudier, and in the darkness the cold seemed more intense.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Northern Scotland and eastern parts of the UK are expected to see the cloudiest weather, especially on Sunday.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

May and June are usually Southern California’s cloudiest months, Sirard said, but the persistence of the trough made it even more so this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

She had to stop driving; the sunlight on even the cloudiest day forced her to close her eyes.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

He forgot how McEnroe’s eyes used to narrow as if against the noonday glare, even on the cloudiest of days.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2018

But never yet rang laughter So sweet in gladdened ears Through wall and floor and rafter As all this household hears And rings response thereafter Till cloudiest weather clears.

From Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. by Algernon Charles Swinburne




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