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conceal

[kuhn-seel] / kΙ™nˈsil /


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One particularly important goal is to conceal objects that produce heat themselves, rather than only protecting them from heat originating outside the cloak.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Khyliuk claimed that soon after their transfer to Pakino, Hubbard was hidden to conceal his condition from a team of International Red Cross visitors.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fires that burn slowly through the understory are particularly difficult to detect because the vegetation above them can conceal their heat signatures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

According to the case file seen by AFP, their consortium used shell companies and Albanian and foreign nationals, notably Dutch and Italian, to conceal the identity of the real owners of the concessions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Was he pretending to be jealous to conceal the fact that he was?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

As the sardonic lab tech Moers, Mr. Northcote so artfully conceals a sense of humor that he can be hilarious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Taiwan, once widely known as Formosa, conceals a remarkable natural world within its steep and rugged interior.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The presidency is a skin suit that barely conceals this ambition.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Under the floorboards of her closet, Smith conceals “glittering refuse I had scavenged from trash bins, fragments of costume jewelry, rosary beads,” along with a blue toothbrush she’s invested with magical powers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

I pray that this stupid baggy T-shirt conceals the phone in my pocket.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The new approach instead separates information from different regions, allowing researchers to identify atmospheric variations that would otherwise be concealed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

According to a Richmond Police Department social media post on Tuesday, officers responded to the area of 16th Street and Livingston Avenue to a report of a man walking around with a concealed rifle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

According to the complaint, Alfozan "allegedly concealed a covert recording device inside his employer's executive conference room to secretly capture sensitive communications," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinder-block wall and concealed so well that they were discovered only during a second search.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Here, Jane!” he said; and I walked round to the other side of a large bed, which with its drawn curtains concealed a considerable portion of the chamber.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«

He claimed Kim later died and that his body had been secretly returned to North Korea, with the regime concealing his death.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Android competitors offer larger inner display areas, but Apple focuses heavily on the quality of the hinge and concealing the crease where the phone folds rather than sheer screen real estate, analysts say.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

On Wednesday, prosecutors from eight US states also sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a rival AI lab that could go public next year, for allegedly concealing certain risks and implementing inadequate safeguards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Hartnett plays the hapless man well but his naivety could be concealing something more sinister, as it did in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller “Trap.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

His father said it was better to have told the guards than to have risked concealing the plan.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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