See hazy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Furthermore, kymographic pictures are hazy and sometimes distorted, while the pictures obtained by diagraphy are sharp and unobstructed.",
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"ref": "1986 October 5, Phillip Lopate, “SEXUAL POLITICS, FAMILY SECRETS”, in The New York Times:",
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"ref": "2016 January 21, David Rees, “Letter of Recommendation: Sleep, ‘Dopesmoker’”, in The New York Times Magazine:",
"text": "The song’s first line is ‘‘Drop out of life with bong in hand,’’ and things only get hazier from there. ‘‘Dopesmoker’’ tells the story of a caravan of ‘‘weed-priests’’ traveling across the ‘‘sand-sea’’ in search of the ‘‘riff-filled land’’ so as to fulfill their ‘‘desert legion smoke-covenant.’’",
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"ref": "2024, Liz Cook, “Why I Do Not Care What Beer Geeks Think About Hazy IPAs”, in Kansas City Magazine, archived from the original on 2024-06-19:",
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"ref": "2016 January 21, David Rees, “Letter of Recommendation: Sleep, ‘Dopesmoker’”, in The New York Times Magazine:",
"text": "The song’s first line is ‘‘Drop out of life with bong in hand,’’ and things only get hazier from there. ‘‘Dopesmoker’’ tells the story of a caravan of ‘‘weed-priests’’ traveling across the ‘‘sand-sea’’ in search of the ‘‘riff-filled land’’ so as to fulfill their ‘‘desert legion smoke-covenant.’’",
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"sense": "thick with haze",
"word": "мъглив"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "thick with haze",
"word": "霾"
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"sense": "thick with haze",
"word": "薄霧 /薄雾"
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"sense": "thick with haze",
"word": "霞"
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"english": "refers to atmosphere",
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"sense": "thick with haze",
"word": "kōruhi"
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"sense": "thick with haze",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"ref": "2020 June 24, Molly Allen, “Hazy Beer 101: What Goes into That Instagrammable Pint”, in Sip Magazine, archived from the original on 2021-05-06:",
"text": "It's the craft beer style that has taken the brewing world, and the Internet, by storm. But what exactly is a hazy?",
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"ref": "2024, Liz Cook, “Why I Do Not Care What Beer Geeks Think About Hazy IPAs”, in Kansas City Magazine, archived from the original on 2024-06-19:",
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