Example Sentences
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Tolo hopes to build a baseline picture of her health: She’s young and in the prime of her reproductive years, but her periods are characterized by severe pain that has long bedeviled her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He was stepping up to the plate to run against Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who has long bedeviled Democrats.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
No one is predicting the same type that bedeviled the economy during the 1970s, but the signs of a problem are there all the same.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Employment reforms have bedeviled successive Indian governments since the country first opened its economy to the world in 1991, after nearly half a century of autarky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
I remembered the incident years ago when Granny was bedeviled by the two identical telephone booths.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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