Example Sentences

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The U.S. and Iran are locked in a diplomatic stalemate over issues that have bedeviled the two sides for years, as the conflict settles into a gray zone that is neither war nor peace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

It is a piece of information that has bedeviled me since I read it 10 years ago, as I could never quite figure out where and how it fit into the timing of events.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

Buying the stock means believing that Fermi can overcome hurdles that have bedeviled better-established infrastructure companies.

From Barron's • Sep. 30, 2025

Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

A string of especially perplexing breakdowns had bedeviled the lab that year, at a time when Lawrence was struggling to fill a mounting stack of orders for radioisotopes from all over the country.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik