brume

as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency cloaked in the early-morning brume, the village did indeed look like some long-lost Brigadoon

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Recent Examples of brume The sublime glassy Radnor Lake pulls in photographers from around mid-Tennessee who often arrive early enough to shoot the morning brume that rises from the lake. New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
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Noun
  • Kelly Clarkson just wants to stay in that lavender haze.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • All is nebulous and oblique, but within that haze is a powerful story about how history is written and the generational reverberations that such history cannot avoid.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • As a man estranged from his family who loses himself in his work, Law portrays Husk as someone easy to underestimate, seemingly adrift in a fog of booze and self-pity, yet driven by a professionalism who can nevertheless rise to the occasion when needed.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Set a gift budget In the fog of holiday shopping, no amount of spending seems quite enough.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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  • Since 2013, Hoskin has been transplanting armoured mist frogs from the surviving population into new, similarly sunny habitats and closely monitoring the health of these new colonies.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • This cool mist humidifier has also racked up more than 14,000 perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers, and more than 5,000 people have added it to their virtual carts in the past month.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • This increase is due to higher software expenses and cloud hosting services.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The technique, also known as solar radiation management, encompasses a range of technologies including sunshields in space, marine cloud brightening and stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI).
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024

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“Brume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brume. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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