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Obscurity, thy name is obnubilated, by the mists of life's registrar.
A Portraiture of Circling Back (or Why I Hate Fashist Assholes Like Mohandes Gandhi) 2010
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“He obnubilated,” McCurry said coolly, “just the way I did yesterday.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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“He obnubilated,” McCurry said coolly, “just the way I did yesterday.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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“He obnubilated,” McCurry said coolly, “just the way I did yesterday.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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“He obnubilated,” McCurry said coolly, “just the way I did yesterday.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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MR. MCCURRY: He obnubilated just the way I did yesterday.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1998
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Many of its signs, obnubilated by countless generations, were misleading.
HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962
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“Now, by my knighthood,” answered Sir Piercie, “your lovely faculties either of mind or body are, O my most fair Discretion, obnubilated by some strange hallucination.
The Monastery 2008
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He durst not talk with the Queen any more, with that Freedom which was too engaging on both Sides; his Eyes were obnubilated; his Discourse was forc'd and unconnected; he turn'd his Eyes another Way; and when, against his Inclination, they met with those of the Queen, he found, that tho 'drown'd in Tears, they darted Flames of Fire: They seem'd in Silence to intimate, that they were afraid of being in love with each other; and that both burn'd with a Fire which both condemn'd.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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"I called that you may lend us your help to laugh: since your rufflers are dispersed, your smokers obnubilated in their own clouds, your tipplers strewed upon the benches, and nothing more left for you to do in the tap-room, we would have your worshipful and witty company here in the parlor.
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