conceal
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Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande and Xu as its boss "violated national laws by engaging in continuous, large-scale financial fraud and other means to inflate assets and conceal liabilities", the court said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Though the Hewlett-Packard board found Hurd didn’t violate the company’s policy regarding sexual harassment, it determined he had submitted inaccurate expense reports to conceal the relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
U.S. presidents rarely travel without journalists, and it’s even rarer for administrations to conceal the president’s true location.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Lady Constance’s strange behavior made Penelope think of how Mrs. Clarke and the children had acted so oddly the previous day, when they were trying to conceal their party preparations from her.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The presidency is a skin suit that barely conceals this ambition.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
However, this apparent balance conceals strong regional differences.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026
State insurance regulators, worried the financial engineering conceals risks, this summer selected around 100 mostly offshore deals for extra scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
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
I know she’s told some story that conceals what really happened, as I have.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The government wants to determine whether Walter and his businesses committed fraud and concealed those financial connections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In recent years, customs officials have repeatedly intercepted passengers arriving from south-east Asia with live reptiles, birds and primates concealed in their luggage.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In my newfound visibility, I doubled down on the style that concealed something — anything — about me, if only a few inches of forehead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Daily Telegraph said it had obtained unredacted plans that showed Beijing reportedly plans to construct a "concealed chamber" among "secret rooms" underneath the embassy which would be close to sensitive underground communications cables.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Near to every other entrance one of Cluny’s most trusted soldiers was concealed, awaiting the signal.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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It even mentions tests on concealing a device inside a tape recorder.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune isn’t concealing his disinterest in what the House is offering, saying that he wants to focus on government funding instead.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
He embedded a whole apparatus of passages and outbuildings into the descending terrain to the east, concealing them so effectively from view that from the west Monticello has the character of an isolated hilltop temple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Toughening up the dress made it feel, to me, like armor: concealing more than it showed, feminine but not obviously sexy.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the first week of school, Deja, as they’d filed out of the orchestra room, had leaned over to zip an unfastened pocket on Izzy’s bookbag, concealing her exposed gym clothes.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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