incognito
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Meanwhile, Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland tucked his signature blond hair beneath a baseball cap to go incognito and visited Katz’s Deli in Manhattan for a pastrami sandwich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
When a complex operation went awry and led to the death of her romantic partner, the pregnant Kendal quit the business and vowed to raise her baby incognito as a low-profile civilian in Switzerland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now, with the authorities increasingly on the hunt for Starlink terminals, Sahand and his network are advising users to use VPNs with the satellite technology in order to remain incognito.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
JetBlue is now walking back advice given to a customer via social media to search for fares in incognito mode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"Well, the thing is, I don't want to stay at any hotels on the East Side where I might run into some acquaintances of mine. I'm traveling incognito," I said.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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Around this time, chef Melfi spotted us — we were no longer incognitos.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2015
But all is now lost; I know not who he was; and this estimable author must needs share the oblivious fate of all literary incognitos.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville
Upon the third day, however, there was noticed a mysterious figure, like the inscrutable incognitos sometimes encountered, crossing the tower-shadowed Plaza of Assignations at Lima.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
Sooner or later the fellow would gather that he had been befooled, but, provided that we preserved our incognitos, that did not matter.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
It was a republic of incognitos: no one knew who anyone else was, and only the more ill-mannered and uneasy even desired to know.
From Varied Types by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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