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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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Piecing together a timeline of events, BBC Africa Eye identified at least eight police officers operating together, wearing tactical clothing and military camouflage.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Then Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, who had been leading the immigration operations in California, was among those outside the event, joined by agents in helmets, camouflage, masks and holding guns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

It was the Ruger .22-caliber rifle with a camouflage scope that Roebuck kept in the workshop behind his house.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This coating can act as a form of camouflage, making it harder for immune cells to recognize and destroy them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Our reconnaissance planes are tarted up in a lovely salmony-mauve camouflage to match the clouds.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Unlike on foldables from Samsung and Google, the “nano-texture” display noticeably reduces glare and camouflages the indent where the phone folds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I enter into my old neighborhood with a fluttering in my periphery where new construction or paint camouflages lines and angles and patches of scenery until the unmistakability of my childhood street reveals itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

They’re small, kidney-shaped, and come in color-coordinated shades, which camouflages them to near-invisibility.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

One nocturnal bird called a Tawny Frogmouth woke up from where it usually camouflages as a rotting tree stump.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

“I hope Roz camouflages herself as a rock. Forever.”

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

Outside the facility, guarded by camouflaged soldiers, AFP observed three construction trucks entering and leaving the base within 10 minutes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

He entered a camouflaged, net-covered hut, where he turned four keys on switch boxes to trigger Lima’s barrage of electronic noise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Highly venomous and responsible for more fatal snake bites in Central America than any other species, the fer-de-lance is well camouflaged and can blend into plantation habitats, sometimes going unnoticed by workers.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

In the end, all that’s left is another thinly written woman in horror, camouflaged by tongue-in-cheek jokes and flimsy progressive ideas.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

A toddler tries to climb onto my lap, his naked body camouflaged in talcum powder.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Despite the solemn themes of his songs, Kahan avoids self-seriousness by regularly poking fun at his own lyrics, partially camouflaging anguished music behind comedic patter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

“I think I’m a fairly earnest person, and that’s gotten me in trouble,” Strong said, “but I’m not interested in camouflaging or disguising myself. Life is too short.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Kieran Moulton, a PhD student at the University of the West of England, has conducted multiple studies into tattooing as a method of "camouflaging or decorating" scars.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024

The flightless species comes in three camouflaging varieties, or morphs, that are inherited from one generation to the next.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2024

Ugwu knew that an army contractor had donated some corrugated iron for replacing the blown-off roof and that volunteers were camouflaging it with palm fronds.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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