obscure
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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
In the past, such attacks helped turn Milei from an obscure economist into a political phenomenon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
She hurried back as the fires broke containment, but her absence, which her social media posts seemed to obscure, became the symbol of a disorganized response to the disaster.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
At first her cynicism is in service to her husband’s ends, obscure to her though they are.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
He shuddered at his own craven circumlocution, using so meaningless a word to obscure so hideous a truth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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