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cloak

[klohk] / kloʊk /




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The invisibility offered a protective cloak, allowing his existential confessionals to develop free of the expectations placed upon Sage Elsesser, pro skateboarder.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

That painting depicts Christ on the cross, with a painter standing beneath him dressed in a mauve-pink-and-brown cloak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The German was supposed to be the elite coach who would make the difference when it mattered, throw off the perceived cloak of conservatism that held back England under Southgate.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

A black cloak fastened across his throat with yet more gold, covering his left arm and falling down to his knees.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Throughout the holy city, Iranian flags can be seen printed on white pilgrims' garments, cloaks, bags and buses.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Michael Jackson’s celebrity is so blinding, his music so compelling, that it cloaks him with an almost impenetrable shield from the truth: He was a stone cold pedophile.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

These thick cloaks of dust might dim the stars' light to the point of utter undetectability.

From Science Daily Oct. 9, 2025

He also drew illustrations showing how the cloaks were designed and took photographs of women wearing the cloaks in different ways.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2025

Again he pulled at their cloaks urgently, but he spoke no word.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Spacious, chilly and cloaked in an earthy scent, they hold hundreds of oak barrels and several towering steel tanks full of maturing wine.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Whatever happens will be cloaked in lies — and followed by gaslighting.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

A big problem was that early Mac sales success cloaked some of the severe technical problems that almost led to the company’s failure.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

"We shouldn't just think dinosaurs are mammals cloaked in scales and feathers," Holtz said.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2026

He might have been handsome if not for a certain hungry gauntness and the way the lids of his eyes cloaked the top of each iris.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

That amount was the subject of a Senate investigation into whether Black had intentionally overpaid Epstein, cloaking money paid for personal reasons in the guise of financial services.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

I’m including the comments in full because of how out of character they were for a Fed chair best known for cloaking his future decisions:

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

These days, society’s most dangerous villains don’t bother with cloaking themselves despite what the conspiracy-minded choose to believe.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2025

This could allow the development of bioinspired optical materials with possible applications ranging from invisible cloaking devices to coatings to more efficiently harvest solar energy, said Tak-Sing Wong, professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

Despite what I’d seen and how nervous the soldiers made me feel, there was an intoxicating kind of energy that filled the air, cloaking everything.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez




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