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conceal

[kuhn-seel] / kΙ™nˈsil /


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These findings challenge the popular account, but averages can conceal individual misconduct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

At home, she wrapped her dressing gown tight around her chest, hoping it would conceal her condition - and didn't even tell her parents about it.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The suit will claim that federal agents lied about the incident and that the purpose of the government’s prosecution was to conceal agents’ behavior the day of the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Nor, he said, would the retailer’s AI shopping assistant, Sparky, use information customers shared to raise prices or conceal cheaper options.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Recognition is one of the hardest expressions to conceal.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The presidency is a skin suit that barely conceals this ambition.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

This feels like a benefit because it conceals from patients the true cost of their care, while its shortcomings relative to other countries are noticeable only to policy nerds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The production, directed by CTG’s artistic director, Snehal Desai, is drenched in glitz and glamour that conceals its darker themes — until it doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

However, this apparent balance conceals strong regional differences.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026

She conceals the length of hair she has been braiding in her pocket, scowling as she knows she will have to rebraid the entire piece because her concentration was broken.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The result was a flag that was so long and heavy that it sometimes became bunched and concealed its centerpiece, the red star.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

He also described the practical details that help make his kitchen work, starting with a concealed ladder for reaching high cabinets.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Since the arrest, detectives also found a second, stationary camera concealed inside a Taco Bell Cantina near where the arrest took place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

As many of the valves are concealed within the building, substantial sections of the ceiling will have to be removed to gain access, according to engineers in the document seen by the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

From behind his back he produced the picture he had drawn earlier, which had been carefully rolled up and concealed in Alexander’s spyglass case until the right moment came to present it.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

A butterfly commonly seen throughout Central and South America has been concealing a remarkable secret.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Android competitors offer larger inner display areas, but Apple focuses heavily on the quality of the hinge and concealing the crease where the phone folds rather than sheer screen real estate, analysts say.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

I find myself concealing my quill from the gaze of curiosity.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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