camouflage
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In late May, the Iranian Defense Ministry’s news agency, DEFA, featured a female officer in full camouflage at a meeting of military advisers who had gathered to discuss expanding the conflict beyond the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Usually, the bright pink bugs are eaten by birds due to their inability to camouflage, making them a "once-in-a-lifetime find", the trust added.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It offers a fluffy kind of camouflage when you want to hide from the world’s troubles.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Few of them notice the men in camouflage watching from a distance.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
“Coming through!” a thick Southern accent hollers, and the crowd parts for a freckle-faced, red-haired man in camouflage.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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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
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Hidden in the scrapes, this little tern chick is camouflaged - and vulnerable - on a Norfolk beach.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
Others are hidden in groves of trees or camouflaged within thick grasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
So to make this trip safely, they had to fly at treetop level—that way they were camouflaged against the ground.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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"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
Harris said another developer in the area started camouflaging his construction sites: hiding Porta Potties, removing construction fences and having workers park far away and carpool to the site so as not to attract attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
The carpeting was institutional, with a hectic, stain- camouflaging pattern.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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