camouflage
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In late May, the Iranian Defense Ministry’s news agency, DEFA, featured a female officer in full camouflage at a meeting of military advisers who had gathered to discuss expanding the conflict beyond the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It offers a fluffy kind of camouflage when you want to hide from the world’s troubles.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Few of them notice the men in camouflage watching from a distance.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
As the name suggests, the collection reworks camouflage as a collage-like reflection of culture in public spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Seth showed up in his camouflage shirt, carrying the cereal box.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
When Jack, patrolling alone in a heavy rain, sees Robert’s speeding van careen off a mountain road, he takes possession of the loot, camouflages the crash site and celebrates having become an instant millionaire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
I enter into my old neighborhood with a fluttering in my periphery where new construction or paint camouflages lines and angles and patches of scenery until the unmistakability of my childhood street reveals itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
One nocturnal bird called a Tawny Frogmouth woke up from where it usually camouflages as a rotting tree stump.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
A swath of curtains in a blue-and-white graphic print neatly camouflages the storage shelves along one wall.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
“I hope Roz camouflages herself as a rock. Forever.”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
In the end, all that’s left is another thinly written woman in horror, camouflaged by tongue-in-cheek jokes and flimsy progressive ideas.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Today, camouflaged National Guard troops patrol Uruapan with rifles nestled, or cruise the streets in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
In 1993 it denied inspectors access to camouflaged nuclear sites, leaving the world to guess whether it had separated plutonium for bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
On a tree trunk in Thailand's Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area, a tiny male broad-headed bark spider rides on the abdomen of a camouflaged female, waiting for her to moult so he can mate.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
The robot had been sitting there all along, perfectly camouflaged among the scrap metal and old farm machines.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Masking, camouflaging, trying to blend in - this is what women with autism have been practising to navigate a world that for decades did not even recognise their existence.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Despite the solemn themes of his songs, Kahan avoids self-seriousness by regularly poking fun at his own lyrics, partially camouflaging anguished music behind comedic patter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
It’s baked into the foundation of the place, camouflaging as scaffolding as we go about our daily routines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The flightless species comes in three camouflaging varieties, or morphs, that are inherited from one generation to the next.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2024
She’d gotten the idea from the stick insect, but Roz quickly realized that camouflaging herself as a twig was out of the question.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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