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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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It was the Ruger .22-caliber rifle with a camouflage scope that Roebuck kept in the workshop behind his house.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The two brothers' coffins, draped in the Iran-backed group's yellow flag, portraits of them in camouflage fatigues fixed to the front, led the procession through the village battered by repeated conflict over nearly three years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

This coating can act as a form of camouflage, making it harder for immune cells to recognize and destroy them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Billboards across the island still show him in camouflage, rifle in hand, leading the revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Both were wearing what could only be described as hunting attire, head-to-toe camouflage.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

When Jack, patrolling alone in a heavy rain, sees Robert’s speeding van careen off a mountain road, he takes possession of the loot, camouflages the crash site and celebrates having become an instant millionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

I enter into my old neighborhood with a fluttering in my periphery where new construction or paint camouflages lines and angles and patches of scenery until the unmistakability of my childhood street reveals itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

One nocturnal bird called a Tawny Frogmouth woke up from where it usually camouflages as a rotting tree stump.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

A swath of curtains in a blue-and-white graphic print neatly camouflages the storage shelves along one wall.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

“I hope Roz camouflages herself as a rock. Forever.”

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

He entered a camouflaged, net-covered hut, where he turned four keys on switch boxes to trigger Lima’s barrage of electronic noise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the end, all that’s left is another thinly written woman in horror, camouflaged by tongue-in-cheek jokes and flimsy progressive ideas.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

Today, camouflaged National Guard troops patrol Uruapan with rifles nestled, or cruise the streets in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

On a tree trunk in Thailand's Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area, a tiny male broad-headed bark spider rides on the abdomen of a camouflaged female, waiting for her to moult so he can mate.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Her mother held her while a nurse camouflaged in street clothes filled a syringe.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Many cope by masking or camouflaging — suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"They were camouflaging, they were desperate to be social and wanted to fit in."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Despite the solemn themes of his songs, Kahan avoids self-seriousness by regularly poking fun at his own lyrics, partially camouflaging anguished music behind comedic patter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The flightless species comes in three camouflaging varieties, or morphs, that are inherited from one generation to the next.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2024

I press myself down against a thick cluster of roots, camouflaging myself as I’ve been taught.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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