guise
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“We must remember them. It is their homelands, their well-being and their futures that are also at stake under the guise of ensuring compliance with the Coastal Zone Management Act.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Usually, staff stage them as a tactical bait and switch: Once the block is cleared under the guise of safety, K9 units and search teams move in to tear through the empty cells.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some countries in the region are welcoming the military taking on a more civilian guise, said Nicholas Coppel, a former Australian ambassador to Myanmar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
"They know you are here. Whether any will be bold enough to enter Chataya's in the guise of patrons I cannot say, but I find it best to err on the side of caution."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Throughout the weekend, Dudamel embraced the worlds of Hollywood, Latin music in many guises and old-fashioned rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Invasive species came in all guises: foreign pestilence, foreign capital, and the developers.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The second of those blazes also wiped out the O2 ABC venue - a building which had existed in various guises since 1875.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
What emerges from “Tradecraft” is not just the portrait of a master storyteller, but of a man driven by a relentless search for narrative truth in all its guises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Vivi isn’t the only faerie from our islands to sneak across the sea and into the human world with some regularity, although most don mortal guises to mess with people.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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You may believe you deserve your family’s love only when you are acting in ways they support, but real love should never be guised as fear or control.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
But for all the circusy bravado of the opening montage, this movie is neither trickle-down treat nor bacchanal guised as bromide, but rather an interrogation of an era defined by an obsession with wealth.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2018
Corden approached the subject guised as a recap of the awards show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2017
It showed an excruciatingly ill-at-ease Mr. Segel guised as Wallace circa the mid-’90s — in granny glasses and a bandanna — wearing an expression that seemed to say, “I shouldn’t be here at all.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2015
No sooner had Northern armies touched Southern soil than this old question, newly guised, sprang from the earth,—What shall be done with slaves?
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
She recalls giving out 70 trick or treat bags to children out guising within half an hour one year.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
"If you look at the origins of lots of the things about Halloween they come from here. Carving turnips, guising, wearing masks to scare off creatures," Evelyn said.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
In Scotland and other parts of Britain, the practice of "guising," putting on a small performance in exchange for a sweet treat or change, has been a Halloween tradition since the 16th century.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021
In guidance issued a week ahead of 31 October, people have been told guising and parties are not encouraged.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2020
Lord Grimsby was trying to recall if ever he had heard of the devil guising himself as a young red-headed girl, covering himself, from horned head to cloven hoof, in azure velvet.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
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