in the clouds
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Another woman told me she was reluctant to socialise because she felt unable to follow conversations when thick in the clouds of brain fog.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
As Eran Shalev, a professor of history at Haifa University, shows in “The Star-Spangled Republic,” Lemen was hardly the only patriot with his head in the clouds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
By spotting the beach through a brief break in the clouds, he was able to get an unpowered airplane on the ground with all seven people on the flight surviving.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025
The dust promotes the formation of ice crystals in the clouds.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
There was no telling in the fog how far the fall would be on either side, but it looked awfully steep, and we were after all a mile up in the clouds.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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