masquerade

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The Elwood Club at the Pendry Newport Beach hotel in Newport Beach, Calif., for example, gives members access to the hotel’s on-site personal trainer and hosts an annual masquerade party for members only.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The Bohemian second son has so far refused to settle down, but this all changes when he meets a masked lady in silver at a masquerade ball.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

And the masquerade ball holds a lot of excitement and expectations for fans of the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The night of the masquerade I try to read in the living room, but I can’t concentrate because I’m so jittery.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez