Thesaurus / disguise
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He mentioned on Football Night in America that losing Dak might be a “blessing in disguise.”
NFL WEEK 5 UPSETS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY DAK PRESCOTT’S AWFUL INJURYSARA ZIEGLER (SARA.ZIEGLER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 12, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe historian Kim Phillips-Fein thinks this may be at least a small blessing in disguise.
IS NEW YORK CITY OVER? (EP. 434)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 8, 2020FREAKONOMICSA new normal of a mere 100 guests, to begin with, was not something many couples could have imagined, but is a change that they see as a blessing in disguise.
CORONAVIRUS HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR MILLENNIALS TO SCALE BACK THE BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDINGMANAVI KAPURSEPTEMBER 18, 2020QUARTZIn August, Logically helped alert Utah officials to the fact that an anti-sex-trafficking event was actually a QAnon march in disguise, leading to its permit being revoked.
AMERICAN FRINGES: HOW THE MEDIA MAKES IT WORSENICK FOURIEZOSSEPTEMBER 7, 2020OZYIn that sense, the reduced supply of khat — even without a formal ban — has been a blessing in disguise, says Somali anti-khat campaigner Abukar Awale, who is backing a petition to Somalia’s government that seeks to make the drug illegal.
HOW THE PANDEMIC IS SAVING LIVES IN THE HORN OF AFRICAEROMO EGBEJULESEPTEMBER 3, 2020OZYNapoleon landed at Elba at an early hour in disguise, with a sergeant's company of marines.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLIt was a habit with him to disguise himself in ordinary clothing and then to go out and mingle with the common people.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEIn short, I shall begin life all over again—as if I were a criminal in disguise instead of the sport of circumstances.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONBut then who is there that can bear so total a disguise as filth and untidiness spread over a woman?
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMIsn't that Squid Murphy over there in the corner, trying to disguise himself as a corner of that safe?
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO DISGUISE
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- bearded
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- built up
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- gave snow job
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- prevaricated
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- angles
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- dresses
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- gives snow job
- mangles
- masks
- miscolors
- misinterprets
- misreports
- misstates
- overdraws
- overstates
- palters
- perverts
- phony up
- pirates
- prevaricates
- promotes
- puffs
- skews
- slants
- snows
- spreads it on
- stretches
- takes out of context
- throws a curve
- trumps up
- twists
- warps
- adulterating
- angling
- bearding
- belying
- building up
- cloaking
- coloring
- confusing
- conning
- covering up
- disguising
- distorting
- dressing
- embellishing
- embroidering
- equivocating
- exaggerating
- falsifying
- garbling
- giving snow job
- mangling
- masking
- miscoloring
- misinterpreting
- misreporting
- misstating
- overdrawing
- overstating
- paltering
- perverting
- phony up
- pirating
- prevaricating
- promoting
- puffing
- skewing
- slanting
- snowing
- spreading it on
- stretching
- taking out of context
- throwing a curve
- trumping up
- twisting
- warping
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- blow smoke
- build up
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterates
- angles
- beards
- belies
- builds up
- cloaks
- colors
- confuses
- cons
- covers up
- disguises
- distorts
- dresses
- embellishes
- embroiders
- equivocates
- exaggerates
- falsifies
- garbles
- gives snow job
- mangles
- masks
- miscolors
- misinterprets
- misreports
- misstates
- overdraws
- overstates
- palters
- perverts
- phony up
- pirates
- prevaricates
- promotes
- puffs
- skews
- slants
- snows
- spreads it on
- stretches
- takes out of context
- throws a curve
- trumps up
- twists
- warps
- adumbrate
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- belie
- blear
- blind
- block
- block out
- blur
- camouflage
- cloak
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- con
- confuse
- cover
- cover up
- darken
- dim
- disguise
- double-talk
- eclipse
- equivocate
- falsify
- fog
- fuzz
- gloom
- gray
- haze
- mask
- misrepresent
- mist
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- murk
- obfuscate
- overcast
- overcloud
- overshadow
- pettifog
- screen
- shade
- shadow
- shroud
- stonewall
- throw up smoke screen
- veil
- wrap
- adumbrates
- beclouds
- bedims
- befogs
- belies
- blears
- blinds
- blocks
- blocks out
- blurs
- camouflages
- cloaks
- clouds
- clouds the issue
- confuses
- cons
- covers
- covers up
- darkens
- dims
- disguises
- double-talks
- eclipses
- equivocates
- falsifies
- fogs
- fuzzes
- glooms
- grays
- hazes
- masks
- misrepresents
- mists
- muddies
- muddies the waters
- murks
- obfuscates
- overcasts
- overclouds
- overshadows
- pettifos
- screens
- shades
- shadows
- shrouds
- stonewalls
- throws up smoke screen
- veils
- wraps
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- apologize for
- assuage
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- condone
- cover
- diminish
- disguise
- dissemble
- ease
- exculpate
- excuse
- extenuate
- gloze
- hide
- hush up
- justify
- lessen
- lighten
- make light of
- mask
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- prettify
- put on a Band-Aid
- qualify
- quick fix
- relieve
- screen
- soften
- soothe
- sugarcoat
- temper
- varnish
- veil
- veneer
- vindicate
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
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