chameleon
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What’s inevitably lost is the excitement of watching a single performer act the chameleon, flipping between characters as if changing psychic TV channels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The years since the publication of “Hillbilly Elegy” demonstrated that Vance is, at his heart, an opportunist and a chameleon.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
"He is a chameleon," said 1994 World Cup winner Leonardo, who worked with Ancelotti at AC Milan and Paris St-Germain both as a player and as an executive.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
And then there’s literary chameleon Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who slips into a dark and steamy tale steeped in the tropes of James M. Cain, recent Mexican history and telenovelas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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On a recent visit, it was hard to decide what was more surreal: the carved statues of snails, chameleons and turtles that decorate the church’s exterior or the circuslike scene around it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The researchers then investigated how the coils develop in young chameleons.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
We view ourselves as chameleons, because we want to be ourselves, but we want to play to the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
"The thing I am saddest about leaving behind was my five pet chameleons," the 26-year-old said.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
It is a misconception that chameleons can blend into their background at will.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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