kid (oneself)

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Verb
  • On Monday, a jury found Townsend guilty of endangerment and concealing a homicide, but the murderer is still out there.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • According to the Justice Department, members allegedly hacked into ATMs and forced machines to dispense cash by deploying a malware variant known as Ploutus, which was designed to delete evidence of its presence in an effort to conceal the crime.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There was something veiled about the sound, like the whistle of the bullfinch of our woods.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The coming days will see the lunar disk forge a path through the constellation Virgo ahead of its third quarter phase on Jan 10, when its left half will be lit by direct sunlight as its right is veiled in inky shadow.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Police Department won't enforce a California directive banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks or hiding their faces while conducting operations in the state.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • During the prohibition era, the cave used trap doors and movable brick walls to hide liquor from law enforcement.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 45% between 2023 and 2025, according to those year’s counts, but advocates for homeless people say cold-weather shelters and other factors can obscure the figures.
    Jon Murray, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Law enforcement tracked license plate readers until the Mercedes-Benz’s plate was not obscured and found that the car was registered to Lu, according to a criminal complaint.
    Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The footage contradicts the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting.
    Ernesto Londoño Catie Edmondson Ashley Wu Peter Baker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the claims by Bovino and other officials were contradicted by witnesses and video from the scene.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Kid (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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