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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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The young executive brings an unconventional style to the tech giant, turning up to its development conference in a thrift-store camouflage shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Dressed in a camouflage bomber jacket, his eyes continued to linger on the magnified view of the downtown skyline as he spoke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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

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

Soldiers in camouflage are gesturing to the left, and yell to us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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 said the Houthis weapons facilities are so well camouflaged that it is unclear how far along missile production has proceeded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

Most of the time they were camouflaged, like the closed eyes of green lizards in green trees.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

“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

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

She’d gotten the idea from the stick insect, but Roz quickly realized that camouflaging herself as a twig was out of the question.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown


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