in the guise of

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: disguised as
a story about a demon in the guise of an angel

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After agreeing to cover it up, their actions come back to haunt them, literally, in the guise of a crazed, ichthyological killer. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 July 2025 Their political agenda cloaks tyranny in the guise of liberty, masking oppression as freedom. Jared Nordlund, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025 Among those represented are Seydou Keïta, Zanele Muholi, and Samuel Fosso, whose playful self-portraits in the guise of twentieth-century Black icons wink out from among the bronzes and masks. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Juno has been tracking the motion of this system of cyclones in visible and infrared light (in the guise of heat coming from deeper within the atmosphere) since 2016, using its JunoCam and Jovian Infrared Aurora Mapper (JIRAM), respectively. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the guise of

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“In the guise of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20guise%20of. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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