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She hoped she could preserve her private life as a student, but that veil couldn’t last.

And the power of sisterhood hangs like a veil over histories of resistance and change.

A veiled woman sat on the ground, with her hands on her head, rocking back and forth in distress.

From BBC

And when that segment of the population starts talking about color, it’s really kind of a veiled reference to something foreign.

From Salon

Meanwhile, in a thinly veiled attack on Trump, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris said this week that those who would have Ukraine swap land for peace are supporting "proposals for surrender".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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