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disguise

[dis-gahyz, dih-skahyz] / dɪsˈgaɪz, dɪˈskaɪz /




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The state accused Pike of filing “a second and successive habeas petition in disguise that presses a claim she already unsuccessfully presented.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

To prove they’re “amazing musicians,” Woody and Matthew disguise themselves to play a coffeehouse gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She says she trained in disguise out of necessity before then in an effort to avoid being attacked, in a country where women's rights are heavily restricted.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Most were education visas, which observers say are used by Russia to disguise its employment of North Korean workers because United Nations sanctions ban Kim regime workers from earning income abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The other two saw his point, for who does not like to sneak about in disguise?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Doctor Who first launched in 1963, and follows the adventures of an eccentric Time Lord who travels in a spaceship larger on the inside, that disguises itself as a 1960s British police box.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

She disguises herself with a mask and a L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Researchers have identified a remarkable new spider species in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Feeling angrily outcast from her community, Mary tried to rise from her station by assuming a variety of disguises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

For, much as actors specialize in pretending to be that which they are not, often with the use of clever disguises, noses made of putty and inscrutable accents, this parrot, too, was pretending.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

As a young woman in the 1920s, she disguised herself as a man and worked on a local archaeological dig at the Roman Villa Casale until she was ratted out and sent packing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Now, at CBS News, her editorial interference has been disguised as routine management.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

"So really it's a misunderstood hotbed of feminist advancement - because it disguised its purposes so carefully."

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

India's dominant women retained their Asian Games cricket crown in style on Tuesday as an Afghan cyclist who once disguised herself as a man won a "special" silver.

From Barron's

It was one of their grandmother’s requests disguised as a suggestion, one which seemed innocuous enough, that Caroline attend Radcliffe College.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

On the contrary, he has a long public record of being nasty to her in public, often — though not always — disguising his cruelty as “jokes.”

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Anthropic found that the model engaged in a behavior called “alignment faking” — deliberately disguising its true reasoning and dangerous capabilities to avoid being restricted by people.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026

He acknowledged, though, that they “do a good job disguising their coverage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

Through this journey of self-exploration I have come to realize how coercive gender-identity ideology was for me, disguising harm as compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

There would be no way of disguising its meaning.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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