guise
Example Sentences
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"We're striking that balance between making sure that any bad actors that...try to come into the country under the guise of the World Cup will not get access to the United States," he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
What it meant was that the 1-0 win - Harry Kane the goalscorer again - came from effectively a glorified training session carried out under the guise of international football.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
College alumni established booster clubs to recruit athletes under the guise of “name, image and likeness,” or NIL, endorsement deals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
She’d let him keep her hand until they broke through to the door of the theater, and then gently disentangled it under the guise of reaching into her purse for some lip balm.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing guise
Warm-up, List 1
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "G"
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