disguise
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Ahead of the roundtable, Fry told producers she knew she would have to fight like her life depended on it - because it did - and try to disguise herself as still being a faithful.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
It can be viewed as a blessing in disguise that Villa had to battle their way through and ride out the hosts' pressure to earn their first win of the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pong didn’t wear the Junior Patrol disguise anymore, just plain clothes.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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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
She explained that the book opened her eyes to the "disguises" many Victorian women novelists were forced to adopt in order to be heard.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Did the masks signify the disguises Hamlet spoke of wearing?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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A female cyclist from Afghanistan who previously disguised herself as a man when chasing a career in the sport has won a silver medal at the Asian Games.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
Tolomeo, the deposed king of Egypt, is hiding out on the island of Cyprus disguised as a shepherd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
An Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as a man to pursue her sporting dreams hopes her silver will inspire women in a country where their freedoms have been sharply curtailed.
From Barron's
“If you look closely, you can see that his jacket is dry, not wet. He was disguised to look like he was injured in the battle, but blood dries brown, not bright red.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Not much later, I would consider the role of language in disguising accountability during an investigation into mistreatment of children in Russian orphanages.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 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
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's no disguising the fact that we do need more money to look after our canal network," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Harry supposed that as Hogsmeade was the only all-wizard village in Britain, it was a bit of a haven for creatures like hags, who were not as adept as wizards at disguising themselves.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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