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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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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

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

Women’s faces were flaked with mud and ash, camouflage from the Russians they’d applied while trekking through the woods.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

The planet noises are so loud I can’t hear, so I slide closer, hoping my gray jumpsuit camouflages me enough that they won’t pay any attention to me.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Highly venomous and responsible for more fatal snake bites in Central America than any other species, the fer-de-lance is well camouflaged and can blend into plantation habitats, sometimes going unnoticed by workers.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

In 1993 it denied inspectors access to camouflaged nuclear sites, leaving the world to guess whether it had separated plutonium for bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The face is so pale that it’s camouflaged almost perfectly.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

White walls would cede to green foliage, effectively camouflaging the facade—but also playing into the hands of critics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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

What looks like a small, grey building, with newly planted vegetation camouflaging its roof turns out to be the entrance to an underground operating theatre.

From BBC ● May 23, 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

Ugwu knew that an army contractor had donated some corrugated iron for replacing the blown-off roof and that volunteers were camouflaging it with palm fronds.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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