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misty

[mis-tee] / ˈmɪs ti /


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There was also a tribute to the late Rob Reiner and some misty watercolor memories from Barbra Streisand for the late Robert Redford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Tehreem's visit to Greenwich was "misty and slightly rainy", but she didn't care.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Its natural diversity includes misty rainforests, great lakes and snow-capped mountains.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Each dance featured a soloist in seeming personal meditation with the music, its rhythms and its spirit, and with the company’s other dancers, who appear ghostly figures in the misty distance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

That was a joke Mom had made once, and remembering that made Emma’s eyes go a little misty.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix