conspicuous

As the youngster curiously mulled about, moving sticks around, some conspicuous features became clear.

Isak was conspicuous by his absence once again, as the wantaway Swede continues to train away from the rest of his Newcastle team-mates, and this saga added a new dimension to the game.

On the island it was too conspicuous, on the prep table it threatened my workspace — the same one where, some mornings, I write this newsletter.

Gray calls this attitude part of “conspicuous resilience,” conflating being temporarily displaced and inconvenienced with being oppressed and vulnerable, leading to the celebration and glorification of a recovery that mostly benefits the few.

But it remains unclear how someone was able to get such a heavy, conspicuous artefact out of the country without the authorities apparently noticing.