veiled
Example Sentences
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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
Jackson described the document as a thinly veiled attempt to “prejudice Mr. Flores and impact the jury pool” by releasing damaging information about the officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I tried a mix of activities, a couple of which turned out to be thinly veiled sales pitches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
From some of the nation’s leading scientists would come denunciations of Oppenheimer, veiled and overt, among them Edward Teller’s assertion that “I personally would feel more secure if public matters would rest in other hands.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
