obscuring

Example Sentences

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The 18-year-old who is about to become Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 driver is sitting on a beach in Bahrain, a Gulf mist obscuring the still-rising sun, and he's pondering a question.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

By using clever debt structures, Chinese companies are able to purchase U.S. facilities while obscuring their true ownership.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

In the footage, the person appears to grab foliage from outside the home and hold it up to the camera, obscuring its view.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

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 • Feb. 4, 2026

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan