veiled
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It all starts to feel like a veiled skewering of Scientology, which could be interesting until they start throwing chainsaws and Christmas gimps into the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Set between 2019 and 2021, Sorkin’s film stares down the dawn of a new decade, preparing for the birth of our current web of chaos, cruelty and thinly veiled deceit.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Lib Dem MP for Bicester Calum Miller previously said the plans had been "veiled in secrecy" and that the process did not guarantee public participation "beyond a narrow list of statutory bodies".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The primary portrait of Adrian that emerges in “Remake” is that of a moody young man, his attitude toward his father flitting between mild tolerance and barely veiled resentment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
His eyes veiled suspiciously, and he leaned over to see if anyone else was hanging out from the other windows in the building.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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