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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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In dusty streets teeming with men in camouflage and scattered with wrecked military vehicles she scours for scenes of normality to post on the city social media pages.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Studs never helped me camouflage, exactly, but they did and do ground me.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

If spotting a rare creature in the wild wasn't challenging enough, the numbat is a squirrel-sized camouflage connoisseur, explains Dr Tony Friend, the godfather of conservation in the state of Western Australia.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Towed artillery is easier to hide among trees and camouflage, and doesn’t give off the same heat signature, making it easier to hide from drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Green mamba, mistress of camouflage, agility, aggressiveness, and speed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

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

But it was well camouflaged, as if it had long been part of the island.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Masking, camouflaging, trying to blend in - this is what women with autism have been practising to navigate a world that for decades did not even recognise their existence.

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

It’s baked into the foundation of the place, camouflaging as scaffolding as we go about our daily routines.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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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