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conceal

[kuhn-seel] / kənˈsil /


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Sara doesn’t need to decide for herself whether Scott is cheating, nor should Scott wonder whether he needs to conceal it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 specifically outlaws knowingly taking steps to disguise or conceal that a donation has come from an impermissible source.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

I didn’t say anything else until we’d parked and were walking toward the building, and I noticed that he was doing his best to conceal a limp.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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

Policymakers can’t craft effective rules if the private sector conceals the incidents that illuminate emerging risk.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 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

The wounds Snow made, snow conceals, but that was wrong.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

There is no glove box—and thus no place to keep the enormous owner’s manual, except in the concealed stowage under the console, where I would normally put my purse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

A score by Latham and Shelby Gaines balances discordant, atonal tones with suspense-driven sound design that captures the creaking noises of the forest and the concealed dangers it holds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Just the explanation that the verification system was down — an explanation that, in hindsight, seems to have concealed the more important fact that my coverage had already ended three days earlier.

From MarketWatch Sep. 12, 2026

Certain species are extremely round and resemble the rain frogs found in mainland Africa, spending much of their time concealed beneath the forest floor.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 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

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

In 2021, local officials were arrested, accused of concealing or underreporting 139 deaths in Henan province.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Although few places are better than Hollywood at crafting a narrative and concealing what happens off-frame, a Los Angeles Times survey of job postings sheds light on what is happening offstage.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The new observations revealed that all four nearby red dwarfs were concealing white dwarf companions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

He glanced once more at the novel, then turned it over, concealing the title.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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