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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Misprision of felony involves someone knowing a felony was committed, and concealing it and failing to report it to authorities as soon as possible.—
Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Just days before the child’s death, Supervisor Arenas had castigated agency officials for concealing a November status report from the state that listed unresolved concerns.— Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Hadid kept her accessories monochromatic and simple, partially obscuring her face with a pair of oversized dark brown sunglasses and adding a brown leather skinny belt around her hips.— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
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To make your windows sparkle, make sure there are no smudges obscuring the spring sunlight.— Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
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His son, Mojtaba, has been appointed to lead the country but remains in hiding.— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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Another click of the 7 o’clock pusher resets everything, hiding the rose-gold hands again.— Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
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One of the people listening was an imposing but soft-spoken guy dressed in black, with a baseball cap nearly covering his eyes.— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Shohei Ohtani bounced the first pitch to first baseman Troy Johnston, who fielded it and flipped the ball over the head of pitcher Ryan Feltner, covering first base.— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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The new approach could change that, targeting the disease process directly instead of masking its effects.— Ted Scouten, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
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This hurdle becomes exceptionally steep for adults who have perfected masking their symptoms.— Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Curtaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/curtaining. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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