disguise

The great slope of Mulholland’s concrete gravity dam in the Hollywood Hills — a model for the one that failed — was covered with dirt to disguise its terrifying height.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

I hadn’t learned yet that I was a Type A person masquerading as Type B. The disguise began to fray almost immediately.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Furthermore, they have to account for the possibility that the person may be trying to disguise their natural writing voice.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Playing up the absurdity of the disguise, the company promptly changed its logo across social media to a facsimile of the covered-up sign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

He preferred a tuxedo and a high black silk hat, but he was a master of disguise and an escape artist, and for years, he’d danced in circles around the authorities.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Hine often donned disguises or pretended to be inspecting a factory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

Love is overwhelming but can still be one-sided, an imbalance that love’s all-consuming nature disguises.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

A handshake between the protagonists disguises hell-bent hunger to degrade each other as far as non-contact sport allows.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

A baseball cap and a big camera hanging in front of his chest—this was one of his favorite disguises.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Legitimate safeguards play an important role; protectionism disguised as regulation shouldn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Colson Whitehead’s latest foray into the bent world of “reluctant fence” Ray Carney — “Cool Machine,” the third and final installment of his Harlem Trilogy — is an American epic disguised as a heist novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

During her investigation, the 33-year-old discovered the range of cheap spycam technology available, such as cameras disguised as everyday objects such as pens, air fresheners and plugs.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The darkness disguised the rising structures’ true form, but I could tell they were slotted and made of wood.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

London has stables of lawyers and accountants experienced at disguising sources of wealth and who help clients obtain visas that grease the wheels of business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Offering techniques including disguising users' data as different types of internet traffic, Psiphon "is able to evade detection more successfully", data and insights director Keith McManamen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Casemiro turned his body and head to face towards the left, disguising his intentions - causing Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi to shift that way.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Lancelot was always a martyr to his feelings, never any good at disguising them.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White