veil

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Grede also recommends abandoning “women-helping-women culture,” which she describes as hiding “our wants under the veil of friendship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

We have become fantastic at interacting with surfaces, all while our data is harvested and our attention monetized behind the veil of user-friendliness.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

For wearing the small veil across my eyes was a requirement to participate in “Poe: Pulse & Pendulum,” the debut offering from new troupe Theatre Obscura L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Ramia spoke quietly as she described being forced to wear a full body covering and niqab - a veil which leaves just the eye area exposed.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Lurking underneath the veil of medieval philosophy, however, was a conflict.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife