camouflage
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Wang sports a mullet reminiscent of the podcaster Theo Von—whose show he has appeared on—and wore a camouflage thrift-store T-shirt and Crocs for a recent onstage appearance at the company’s annual developer conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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 pattern may have served as disruptive camouflage, visually breaking up the outline of the crocodile and making it more difficult to distinguish from its surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
She believes the coloring helps them camouflage among she-oak flowers, with which they are closely associated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Oh, that's just for camouflage," he explained, pulling the mustache from his lip.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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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
They’re small, kidney-shaped, and come in color-coordinated shades, which camouflages them to near-invisibility.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
One nocturnal bird called a Tawny Frogmouth woke up from where it usually camouflages as a rotting tree stump.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
“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
The illegal flows can be camouflaged amid the vast size of Binance, which has trillions of dollars in monthly transactions worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
We couldn’t understand why, until I looked up and noticed a partially camouflaged door where the wall met the ceiling, twenty feet overhead.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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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
“I think I’m a fairly earnest person, and that’s gotten me in trouble,” Strong said, “but I’m not interested in camouflaging or disguising myself. Life is too short.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
Kieran Moulton, a PhD student at the University of the West of England, has conducted multiple studies into tattooing as a method of "camouflaging or decorating" scars.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
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 think of biology class and Ms. Cantor teaching us about the peppered moths in England, their new color camouflaging them from birds among the soot.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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