cloak
Example Sentences
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That creates a cloak of consistency, because people expect interventions, but it does not necessarily mean VAR is being used as originally intended, for the real howlers.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
For three glorious seasons between 1983 and 1985, ‘80s kids also had the “Dungeons & Dragons” animated series with its two girl heroes: an acrobat and a thief with an invisibility cloak.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
They wanted to be able to cloak this in the air of legitimacy, when it has nothing to do with what a real lawsuit would look like.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
As he’d figured, the wooly cloth Jack had pulled turned out to be the Hood’s namesake, a red cloak that covered almost all of the woman’s body, despite now having several large slashes in it.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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