obscure
Example Sentences
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These ships, typically oil tankers such as the one Ivan is stuck on, are more often ageing vessels of obscure ownership, unseaworthy, likely uninsured, and operationally hazardous.
From BBC
One method China has used to obscure its activities, he said, has been “decoupling,” in which steps are taken to decrease the possibility of detecting nuclear tests through international seismic monitoring.
We just couldn’t see it because flows from ETFs and Digital Asset Treasuries obscured the picture.”
From MarketWatch
One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.
From Salon
The sound bath scene, which was once seen as obscure, has since blossomed.
From Los Angeles Times
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