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Which Russian ruler traveled incognito to study shipbuilding?

incognito

[in-kog-nee-toh, in-kog-ni-toh] / ˌɪn kɒgˈni toʊ, ɪnˈkɒg nɪˌtoʊ /


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During the first year of @veteranas_and_rucas, she took an incognito approach to running the account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Some ships have also transited Hormuz undetected: There have been reports that some ships have turned off their GPS-like signals and transited incognito, either for safety or because they are part of so-called shadow fleets.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

"Nobody had noticed she was here. She had managed to keep herself completely incognito," said Murdo, a postman in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Maybe six months after the PetSmart trip, I made a giddy incognito run to the local Target, dressed in a baseball cap and sunglasses.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

But Jove himself, as everybody knows, was much addicted to incognitos, and so was his terrene representative, the Emperor of Austria.

From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

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

He replied that, by courtesy, incognitos were sacred.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville




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