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mask

[mask, mahsk] / mæsk, mɑsk /




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Culvin warned the economic boom in women's football could "mask some of the realities that players face and actually endure on a day-to-day basis".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Since the pandemic, it’s not unusual for people to wear protective masks, so the renter will wear a mask to hide their identity from the kiosk camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"We need therapies that don't just mask pain but actually change how the disease progresses."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The mask extends from the hairline to underneath the chin.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

Then she realized that she did know this costume, knew this mask.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

AFP also met several demonstrators who wore Batman masks to avoid being identified.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But this stable aggregate masks large cross-country offsetting movements.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Since the pandemic, it’s not unusual for people to wear protective masks, so the renter will wear a mask to hide their identity from the kiosk camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"They wore construction vests and masks that concealed their faces. There is no reasonable way to identify them as ICE agents," Mamdani said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Without even trying, he spotted at least four or five masks like the ones Chet and Colin had brought.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The Times’ Mikael Wood and Rebecca Castillo talk with the masked country singer before his show at the hillside amphitheater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A local resident who rang the police said she saw a group of masked men near the vans, which were blocking a road in a village next to the military base.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said the drip of dextrose would have masked the insulin, making it harder to notice, but the blood test result would still register a very high level of insulin.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Then the tablecloth lifts, and as my eyes adjust to the brightness of the candlelight, a masked figure grabs for my arm.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Last weekend, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch cast him as a tortured figure, barely masking his dread of AI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It’s really masking what is a quite obvious correction. If you’re a stock picker, or you own anything besides a few select tech names, it can be a big problem.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Major stock indexes hovering near records are masking a market straining under elevated oil prices, rising Treasury yields and a Federal Reserve bracing for additional interest-rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He looked sideways at CEOs’ request for industry regulation, saying that the move might be a “Trojan Horse” masking their true intentions.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

The lid with its slot cut into the top was taped with many rounds of masking tape to the glass.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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