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haze

[hayz] / heɪz /


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The thrill comes from the squint — the desperate, reflexive need to make out something in the haze.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Tens of thousands of babies are suffering from health problems. They cannot breathe" because of the fires emitting a toxic haze that has spread far across the region.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The haze from the fires has also complicated Indonesia's relations with its neighbours.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The government has also warned that the haze could persist for several weeks given El Nino, Ong notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mossflower country shimmered gently in a peaceful haze, bathing delicately at each dew-laden dawn, blossoming through high sunny noontides, languishing in each crimson-tinted twilight that heralded the soft darkness of June nights.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The new data matched the chemical signatures of a well-studied exoplanet called GJ 1214 b more accurately than previous research, demonstrating that hazes with different optical properties can lead to misinterpretations of a planet's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

Those hazes then venture into the dayside, and are vaporized in the heat.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

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

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023

Holly flew low, skipping between mist hazes and trees, matching the troll’s course.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

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

The wolf was part of the Hoodoo pack that was hazed away from Nutrioso in December, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2021

Personally, I have never experienced hazing, nor have I heard of another female who has been hazed at WSU.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

Late in the afternoon, my mind hazed with fatigue.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

David Skorton, then-president of Cornell, vowed “to end pledging as we know it,” blaming fraternities’ and sororities’ recruitment process for perpetuating hazing rituals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Institutions must examine the cultures and power structures in which hazing flourishes, including secrecy, expectations of unquestioned loyalty, power imbalances and norms that discourage intervention and reporting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Longtime Bush friend Clay Johnson recalls that Bush revealed nascent political skill during fraternity hazing at Yale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The kitchen scenes are a combo platter of boot camp, frat house hazing ritual and kung fu movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

White smoke billowed up, hazing her face to gray.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin


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