as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view
she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair
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Sanchez Estrada was found guilty of corruptly concealing a document or record, and he and his wife, Rueda, were found guilty of conspiracy to conceal documents.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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The ninth defendant, Daniel Sanchez Estrada, was charged with corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal documents.—
Jamie Stengle,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Other officers then deployed at least three tear gas canisters seconds later, obscuring the entire scene in a cloud of chemicals.—
Bob Ortega,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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This feature can also be applied on an app-by-app basis and/or just to notifications, obscuring part of the screen.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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Living together made hiding harder.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the first episode, this group, which also includes Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means), is searching for some bad guys hiding in the depths of the ranch.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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But the push to tax the rich is about more than covering additional spending.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Jones is the University of Texas beat reporter for the Austin American-Statesman covering Texas football, Texas men's basketball, Texas volleyball, Texas softball and other things Bevo.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Mar. 2026
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These include El Niño, volcanic eruptions and the solar cycle, which influence temperatures in the short term, masking long-term changes.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Some missile storage buildings are painted to resemble civilian structures, while others are covered with thermal-masking nets or earth barriers to reduce their heat and radar signatures.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Curtaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtaining. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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