masquerade
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The author’s ambivalence resembles that of the fellow who supposedly protested the mixing of classes on the dance floor by commissioning a wood-and-plaster coffin as a costume for a Cornelys masquerade in 1771.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The cost of a single masquerade, we are told—including admission and costume rental—equaled 132% of a middling family’s weekly disposable income.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, ditches the feline masquerade for a parade of costumes designed with unflagging inspiration by Qween Jean.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
The Bohemian second son has so far refused to settle down, but this all changes when he meets a masked lady in silver at a masquerade ball.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Night masquerade dawned with an un- usual fog, and when Ash went out into the garden to pump water for her stepsis- ters’ baths, the King’s Forest was invisible behind the cool white mist.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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