Example Sentences

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It can seem as if Rahma has mastered a fractured, attention-driven media ecosystem that has bedeviled traditional entertainment executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Racism has bedeviled this continent for centuries, but demagogues who seek power through raw resentment fail all the time.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

In the decades that followed, a lack of crucial data has bedeviled assessments and attempted studies of the Trinity test’s fallout.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Repairing the Brent Spence Bridge has bedeviled both Democrats and Republicans since the Federal Highway Administration declared it functionally obsolete in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

The global computer chip shortage has bedeviled nearly all automakers, but Tesla seems to have dealt with the shortages better than the rest of the industry.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022