kid (oneself)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid (oneself)
Verb
  • The family travelled north from Central America for weeks, crossing rivers by night and riding concealed in smugglers’ trucks.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Gardner orchestrates the scene; placing the girl in the center, then asking her, or perhaps even demonstrating, how to wrap the blanket around her body so her hands are concealed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many times, the characters Jaglom played in his films were thinly veiled versions of himself.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, the famous skies were veiled by a freak sandstorm from the Sahara.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And Kirsten Dunst plays Leigh Wainscott, the Charlotte mom Manchester dated while hiding out off Independence Boulevard.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In the trailer, the three men get right to their antics with a broken vase, hiding a dead body, a dynamic SWAT entry, and running in an attempt to escape.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But this becomes nearly impossible when a dense medium obscures the object.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The other names on the list were obscured, leading to widespread fan speculation about his future opponents.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His recommendation directly contradicts the current medical consensus that judicious Tylenol use in pregnancy remains safe.
    Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The eyewitnesses — boaters who were on the scene immediately after the crash, before first responders — contradicted several key aspects of the FWC report.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Kid (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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