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disguise

[dis-gahyz, dih-skahyz] / dɪsˈgaɪz, dɪˈskaɪz /




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Working at times in disguise, Peter Ortiz led small groups of agents on high-risk missions against Nazi forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The state accused Pike of filing “a second and successive habeas petition in disguise that presses a claim she already unsuccessfully presented.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Among the independent panel's findings were that City arranged "sham contracts" with a number of commercial partners as part of a scheme to disguise secret funding of more than £830m.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

To prove they’re “amazing musicians,” Woody and Matthew disguise themselves to play a coffeehouse gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The other two saw his point, for who does not like to sneak about in disguise?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

And as he studied positioning in the secondary, he acquired the answer key for the coverages and disguises that teams would one day deploy against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

She disguises herself with a mask and a L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Researchers have identified a remarkable new spider species in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Love is overwhelming but can still be one-sided, an imbalance that love’s all-consuming nature disguises.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

Instead he tried out one of Victor’s disguises in front of the mirror.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

The commission found City had arranged "sham" commercial deals with a number of its sponsors that were part of a "disguised funding scheme".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now, at CBS News, her editorial interference has been disguised as routine management.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, Mehrotra says, total employment in agriculture has actually risen by 80 million people after 2020, a sure sign of disguised unemployment.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Legitimate safeguards play an important role; protectionism disguised as regulation shouldn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Accordingly, she disguised herself to look like a seafaring man and went to the house.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

On the contrary, he has a long public record of being nasty to her in public, often — though not always — disguising his cruelty as “jokes.”

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Anthropic found that the model engaged in a behavior called “alignment faking” — deliberately disguising its true reasoning and dangerous capabilities to avoid being restricted by people.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026

He acknowledged, though, that they “do a good job disguising their coverage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

"But disguising palm oil as waste products like POME... has been far too easy for suppliers and traders. Verification and certification of these imports is clearly failing," Delaney said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Even though one book after another repeats this myth, the popularity of spices had nothing to do with disguising the taste of meat or fish that had gone bad.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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