obscure
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At one point, Anna Faris jokes that the film can’t reference “It Follows” because that movie is too obscure.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
But while VPNs do all of that, they don’t fully obscure your online footprint, and they don’t make you invincible.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
City authorities have cited the obscure commission’s denial as reason for not moving forward even though the City Council voted in favor of the project.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Such were their deities in the citadel of dead gods: an obscure human gardener and an antisocial bird.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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