How to Use under the guise of in a Sentence

under the guise of

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  • When there was food left over, it was put out under the guise of garbage for starving French civilians.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
  • The passengers said they were singled out for removal from a flight under the guise of an odor complaint.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The passengers said they were singled out for removal from their flight under the guise of an odor complaint.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Sick of all the drama that comes with being a girl in the gaming world, Vi plays under the guise of a male avatar.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Many technologies today have started to emerge under the guise of agentic—but many of them are still in their nascent stages.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Undermining you in front of others under the guise of joking.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • It’s stifled by setting up barriers that are rooted under the guise of being fair and equal.
    Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • Pates obtained that money from the straw borrowers under the guise of starting a business.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The girlfriend left the dorm room the next day under the guise of going to the cafeteria to get food, court documents show.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024
  • And Janine is causing chaos, being self-involved, but under the guise of helping the school.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
  • All smooching should happen behind closed doors, and all drug abuse should happen under the guise of a doctor’s prescription.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Did my shammy occasionally dab a tear under the guise of wiping water from my face?
    Kristen Geil, Outside, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Big corporations have a strong incentive to seize the market under the guise of safety.
    Julie Yoo, STAT, 17 June 2024
  • Lou reconnects with Warren under the guise of hearing their love story to better write their vows.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Sara said she was trafficked to the compound under the guise of an IT job in 2022.
    Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
  • An attempt to bolster his signal under the guise of a junior ham-radio club ends with Elio getting clocked in the eye.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
  • This one stinks to high heaven for sneaking anger, self-pity, and jealousy under the guise of being a pseudo-compliment.
    John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Ted invited her to Fire Island under the guise of a work get-together.
    Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • It's often done under the guise of providing healthcare or as a religious practice.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Most people within college sports planned for a suit to be filed under the guise of Title IX.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
  • Saunders performed genital ultrasounds on men from his running group in his bedroom under the guise of heart scans.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Ade stepped away from the room under the guise of a work call for last minute preparations, while Houston was too blissful to suspect anything.
    Megan Pinckney Rutherford, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
  • As the threat of human extinction nears, a group of astronauts voyage through space under the guise of attempting to find a new home for mankind.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • New cast members are obligated to give some kind of tour of their home, usually under the guise of having the ladies over for a get-to-know-you event.
    Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Five participants were exposed in the scheme that tried to bring cash to the Chernivtsi region under the guise of tourists on a bus.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Or from infiltrating the ‘free economic zone’ under the guise of ‘civilians’ and taking control of it?
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Or from infiltrating the ‘free economic zone’ under the guise of ‘civilians’ and taking control of it?
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The women were lured to a house in South Bellingham under the guise of a house-sitting job, where they were then raped and strangled to death.
    Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats in Denver are backing a measure that would blow through the state’s spending cap under the guise of a bogus property-tax cut.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Last January, the duo met for their first meal together in Chelsea, under the guise of getting to know each other.
    Essence, 19 Jan. 2024

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