disguise
Example Sentences
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But finding him might be a challenge as coyotes are "masters of disguise", he says.
From BBC
Today it is mostly flourishing: Broadway is among the country’s major tourist attractions, even if the mighty grosses logged by the big hits disguise the medium’s precarious finances.
“Anyone could be an enemy agent. Scouting the roads. Planning acts of sabotage. Did you hear that German troops parachuted into Holland disguised as nuns?”
From Literature
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"Martin always said that the political was there in his work, disguised as entertainment, but it was up to the viewer to extract the meaning," he added.
From Barron's
Handwritten notes on “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” illustrate how he drew on his espionage experience to create the fictional Soviet spymaster Karla, detailing tactics for disguising undercover work and infiltrating British intelligence as a mole.
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