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fog

[fog, fawg] / fɒg, fɔg /




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High-energy lasers are degraded by atmospheric conditions — rain, fog, sand and smoke all scatter and absorb the beam, reducing effective range and time on target.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The researchers note that the apparent effects on vegetation, foxes, and rabbits could also have been influenced by environmental factors such as changes in fog patterns or temperature.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

A white Ford pickup truck broke through a thick curtain of fog one morning in February, winding its way down a muddy farm road in California’s Central Valley.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The upcoming heat wave should bring a respite from “June Gloom”— the ocean clouds and fog that are typical this time of year — although the familiar marine-layer grayness may soon return.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

I jumped out of bed that morning with one question in my mind—sun or fog?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

It fogs up in the fridge and smells faintly floral every time I pour it.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2025

A fountain on the back patio roars, fogs and mists at patrons.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2024

Wolfe shatters the rhythmic unison of her singers with dense, overwhelming fogs of phrases that return to unity with new focus and force.

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2022

With so much of the “sanitarium belt” spread across hot, bright Southern California, why, then, open one next to the ocean, with its damp, lung-swaddling fogs?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2022

The glass fogs up and I watch as a hand reaches up to draw a heart.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Streetcars delivered residents to their errands across the city, windows fogged with condensation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

One of the quiet tragedies of the potluck is that perfectly good food often remains trapped in its travel container — lids half removed, plastic corners fogged with condensation.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

Photos on social media showed them slouched on plastic chairs, swathed in plastic bags fogged up by their breath.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

Then his visor fogged up and he couldn’t see.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2024

I think I started to breathe a little bit more quickly, since the glass fogged up and I had to wipe the wet away.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

CDC officials are working with state and local officials to do more real-world field testing, including experiments in which mosquitoes placed in cages outdoors are checked after an insecticide fogging truck passes by.

From Seattle Times May 25, 2024

“As for fogging, we drilled holes in the plastic at the side of the nose and that worked.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2024

It was closed and the glass was fogging up with condensation.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2023

Bhamla and Challita say that similar methods of superpropulsion could one day help wearable devices such as smartwatches remove moisture or prevent droplets from fogging up glasses.

From Scientific American Feb. 28, 2023

Her father squeezed her fingers and sighed, his breath fogging his spectacles again.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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