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obscure

[uhb-skyoor] / əbˈskyʊər /






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But while VPNs do all of that, they don’t fully obscure your online footprint, and they don’t make you invincible.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

In the past, such attacks helped turn Milei from an obscure economist into a political phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She hurried back as the fires broke containment, but her absence, which her social media posts seemed to obscure, became the symbol of a disorganized response to the disaster.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

But in its tidy fashion the series provides a free-flowing river of often obscure historical fact, and a story we Americans can embrace, if we so choose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Eyeglasses could not obscure it, nor could the pimples on her skin brought on by hard brown soap and a tilted diet.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison




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