kid (oneself)

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Verb
  • The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens’ email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Police found the device concealed in the vehicle’s wheel well before the investigation was turned over to the department’s Detective Bureau, Podgorski said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As Austin Reaves slipped his white headband over his forehead, veiling his bushy brown hair on Friday night at Toyota Center in Houston, the Lakers guard was a step closer to a return that was nearly a month in the making.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • However, some of his points were slightly more veiled.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors would later allege Ruben helped his son hide Smart’s body under the family’s deck before relocating her remains.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Unfortunately, the state legislature’s response to LAO’s wise warnings is not to demand more accurate information, but to allow the agency to hide important data from taxpayers.
    Baruch Feigenbaum, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • But what exactly happens to these baby stars next isn't always clear (literally) because they are buried deep within clouds of dark, dusty gas that obscure them.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • All of that mythology, though, can obscure the real story.
    Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The reasoning, which contradicted every previous Supreme Court decision on segregation, cited the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • Prosecutors, however, argued that the position of his deceased body and the distance from which the shot was fired contradicted her account.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
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“Kid (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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