conceal
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"Our observations show that what appears to be a typical short gamma-ray burst can actually conceal a much longer and richer episode of activity at soft X-ray energies."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Court documents said Mathewson always had loud music playing and did not let parents enter her home at drop-off time in an attempt to "conceal how oversubscribed she was".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Former lovers, they cannot conceal from themselves or each other the depth of their old attachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Ms. ffitch does not conceal her personal sympathies—it’s safe to assume she is not on the side of the white supremacists—but she isn’t preachy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She runs her hand over her face, trying to conceal her worry as she stands at the door looking out the slim glass window.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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Taiwan, once widely known as Formosa, conceals a remarkable natural world within its steep and rugged interior.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The presidency is a skin suit that barely conceals this ambition.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The network of shadow fleet tankers conceals their role in transporting oil from Iran, Russia and other sanctioned countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
While the official headline figure puts the unemployment rate at only 3.2%, it conceals a more precarious picture for many Indians.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
That evening, Marlena conceals her black eye with pancake makeup and does her liberty act.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinder-block wall and concealed so well that they were discovered only during a second search.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Overall, the investigation found, City concealed the true source of more than $1.1 billion in funding while lying to the league and investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Building an apparently unshakeable reputation as friendly, caring and trustworthy with the adults she encountered outside her home was part of how she concealed what was happening."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
With that, “Chronovisor” and its obsessed protagonist enter a trancelike, analog-heavy state in which obscure texts in myriad languages tease a concealed parascientific history of potentially great importance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A Vivaldi Season was burbling through concealed speakers.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Both were accused of concealing the dangers of their very profitable products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
In 1998, Max was sentenced to community service teaching art in Harlem and a $30,000 fine after prosecutors charged him with concealing $714,000 in income from art sales between 1988 and 1991.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Instead of exposed ice, they resemble sprawling fields of loose rock, while potentially concealing large quantities of ice below the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
By concealing internal deliberation to enforce societal compliance, the state transformed biopolitical management into a performance of infallible authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Now other rich people began to arrive, concealing their status in blue jeans and riding boots.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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