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obscurity

[uhb-skyoor-i-tee] / əbˈskyʊər ɪ ti /


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For a thrilling moment, the movie is a platonic rom-com about two dissatisfied artists coming together from opposite directions: Danny crumpling under mass scrutiny, Rick weary of obscurity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

When they left their ships, Dr Stenton said the sailors "stepped onto a path that would lead to their own deaths and in a sense into obscurity".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Back then, Finch was newly in charge of the Sheffield Sharks, toiling away in the obscurity of the British Basketball League.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The obscurity condemned by Johnson derives in part from Shakespeare’s readiness to draw on vocabulary that would have struck even his contemporaries as bewilderingly nonstandard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

It’s hard sometimes to move in obscurity when everyone else around you is so Instagram worthy.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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