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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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"There was heavy fighting," said Tawfiq Al Haboun, a bearded commander in camouflage uniform.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Wang sports a mullet reminiscent of the podcaster Theo Von—whose show he has appeared on—and wore a camouflage thrift-store T-shirt and Crocs for a recent onstage appearance at the company’s annual developer conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dressed in a camouflage bomber jacket, his eyes continued to linger on the magnified view of the downtown skyline as he spoke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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

The chromatophores right under my octopus skin switch to camouflage.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

When Jack, patrolling alone in a heavy rain, sees Robert’s speeding van careen off a mountain road, he takes possession of the loot, camouflages the crash site and celebrates having become an instant millionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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

The planet noises are so loud I can’t hear, so I slide closer, hoping my gray jumpsuit camouflages me enough that they won’t pay any attention to me.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

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

In 1993 it denied inspectors access to camouflaged nuclear sites, leaving the world to guess whether it had separated plutonium for bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

On a tree trunk in Thailand's Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area, a tiny male broad-headed bark spider rides on the abdomen of a camouflaged female, waiting for her to moult so he can mate.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Most of the time they were camouflaged, like the closed eyes of green lizards in green trees.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"They were camouflaging, they were desperate to be social and wanted to fit in."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

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

It’s baked into the foundation of the place, camouflaging as scaffolding as we go about our daily routines.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

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

She’d gotten the idea from the stick insect, but Roz quickly realized that camouflaging herself as a twig was out of the question.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown


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