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camouflage

[kam-uh-flahzh] / ˈkæm əˌflɑʒ /




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The young executive brings an unconventional style to the tech giant, turning up to its development conference in a thrift-store camouflage shirt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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 pattern may have served as disruptive camouflage, visually breaking up the outline of the crocodile and making it more difficult to distinguish from its surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

We apply another round of medicine because the skin seems too delicate for the sunlight, but it doesn’t look half as bad on smooth skin and will be good camouflage in the jungle.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

A swath of curtains in a blue-and-white graphic print neatly camouflages the storage shelves along one wall.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

“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 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

Hidden in the scrapes, this little tern chick is camouflaged - and vulnerable - on a Norfolk beach.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

“I surely have. It’s a magnificent vessel, much larger than this one. Looks a bit like a gondola! It’s nicely camouflaged, too.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"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

“There’s one camouflaging over there,” she said, pointing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

I think of biology class and Ms. Cantor teaching us about the peppered moths in England, their new color camouflaging them from birds among the soot.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera


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