haze

Pierre Pourquery said that people are wearing masks and some are struggling to breathe because of a "thick smoke haze" that has been blown across the city.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The researchers say the results suggest that fireworks contribute more than visible smoke to the haze that often lingers after major celebrations, adding another layer to their environmental impact.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026

Through my glass, Barrio de las Letras fades into its own rosy haze.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Now, he sends other relatives to check on operations and often sits in a haze on the couch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

A thick gray haze of it hung near the ceiling.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Whether a planet's atmosphere contains hazes or other particles has a marked influence on global temperatures, incoming levels of starlight, and other factors that can hinder or foster biological activity, the researchers said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

As winds whip around the planet, carrying along the quartz nanoparticles, they form high-altitude hazes — essentially diffuse clouds of rock crystals — at the day–night termination zone.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

In near-infrared imaging, high-altitude hazes typically appear blurry, with enhanced brightness over the equatorial region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

The dark spot is likely he result of mixing hazes and ices.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023

Before them, as they turned west, gentle slopes ran down into dim hazes far below.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Equally normal, as far as Perales was concerned, was a Detroit skyline hazed by the fume-spewing Marathon petroleum refinery.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023

“I think these players have the right to be respected and valued and not hazed, intimidated and retaliated.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

“When this calendar year ends, we will have hazed over 25,000 birds off the airport,” Nelsen said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

Because he didn’t join until the early ‘90s, keyboardist Rubén Valtierra is still considered the “new guy” in the band and gets hazed accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

Late in the afternoon, my mind hazed with fatigue.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

“I saw it as affectionate hazing and acceptance into the group.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

But Mr. Warsh knows this hazing is what he signed up for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

But the objects of his hazing are publicly unfazed.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

Other hazing methods approved by the department in recent years, such as electric fences with red flags attached that flutter in the wind, have done little to keep the wolves from their herds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

“Middle school is supposed to be the worst. It’s like a giant hazing for adulthood. We all gotta go through it.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty