camouflage
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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
Apple employed both software and hardware techniques to camouflage the crease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She believes the coloring helps them camouflage among she-oak flowers, with which they are closely associated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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
The chromatophores right under my octopus skin switch to camouflage.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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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
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They are members of a drone unit who call themselves Peaky Blinders and their distinctive emblem is a flat cap of the type made popular by the cult BBC TV series, although theirs are camouflaged.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
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 said the Houthis weapons facilities are so well camouflaged that it is unclear how far along missile production has proceeded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The four men were arrested with a surveillance device camouflaged with fake leaves that police say was freshly pulled out of a planter in the residential neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Our big questions were slightly camouflaged confessions, really.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Many cope by masking or camouflaging — suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
White walls would cede to green foliage, effectively camouflaging the facade—but also playing into the hands of critics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
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
I press myself down against a thick cluster of roots, camouflaging myself as I’ve been taught.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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