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disguise

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




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“Partly it’s because a humble person may be a god in disguise, but it also allows society to function. People need to travel, to trade, and everyone is at the mercy of strangers.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The effort included the expansion of a shadow fleet of tankers to move sanctioned oil between Iran and China in ways that disguise the oil’s origin, such as by switching off the ships’ location devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

For years the fishing industry resisted transparency, either to disguise illicit activity or simply to ensure competitors did not know about valuable hunting grounds, said Tony Long, CEO of charity Global Fishing Watch.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

The disguise may also help it catch prey by allowing it to remain unnoticed until the right moment.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 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

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

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

The signature goofiness of “Undercover Boss” is the cheap disguises producers use to camouflage the executives.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

The wolves had shed their disguises as well.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

UC is not Harvard, and was never meant to embody that type of self-perpetuating exclusivity disguised as a meritocracy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

In each case, a low price-to-earnings ratio disguised an unsustainable uptick in profits.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

We’re all likely to end up wearing a computer disguised as glasses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Sometimes they arrive disguised as an argument over a single preposition.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

Accordingly, she disguised herself to look like a seafaring man and went to the house.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

"But disguising palm oil as waste products like POME... has been far too easy for suppliers and traders. Verification and certification of these imports is clearly failing," Delaney said.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 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

Los Angeles County supervisors plan to vote soon on an ordinance that would prohibit law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks or disguising their identities while conducting operations in unincorporated L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

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

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




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