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as in to hide
to put into a hiding place
wisely concealed the documents in a drawer beneath a false bottom
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as in to obscure
to keep secret or shut off from view
the defense attorney accused the prosecutor of trying to conceal exculpatory evidence
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Recent Examples of conceal
Police released multiple images of the bust, showing the drugs concealed in large containers as well as officers collecting evidence and detaining a suspect.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
Plenty of people go this route to conceal their outdoor trashcans, but Casazza says this can be an ideal option for your HVAC system, too.
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Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
Rogness has been indicted on conspiracy to conceal objects with the intent to impair their availability for an official proceeding and accessory after the fact.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
There has been upheaval all around us for more than twenty years, most of it concealed in the name of protecting the laughter.
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Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
Plenty of people go this route to conceal their outdoor trashcans, but Casazza says this can be an ideal option for your HVAC system, too.
—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
Rogness has been indicted on conspiracy to conceal objects with the intent to impair their availability for an official proceeding and accessory after the fact.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
There has been upheaval all around us for more than twenty years, most of it concealed in the name of protecting the laughter.
—
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Stealth jurors — those who hide their true biases to influence a verdict — could pose a serious problem for prosecutors in either of Mangione's cases, Rahmani said.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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Minnesota Department of Transportation A pile of hailstones buried a lawn chair in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
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There is a second worry buried in the FSB report, quieter but arguably sharper.
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Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.
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One key group that appeared to be suppressed, Prevotella species, may interfere with the production of nitric oxide.
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Video showed people running and several areas inside the airport covered in rubble and dust, with damaged ceilings.
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And, to further disguise the motivation behind these ads, the AI issue isn’t even mentioned.
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But there is every reason to think that without a regular supply of people walking through, deliberately carrying guns and bombs through that have been disguised, that airport-security people just cannot remain vigilant for it.
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“Conceal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceal. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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