- a variation of masque.
mask
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"With the mask, I will have to breathe heavier," the 27-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
However, the Pacific is also warming due to human-induced climate change and this is starting to mask the strength of the natural warming during El Niño.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"We need therapies that don't just mask pain but actually change how the disease progresses."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The mask extends from the hairline to underneath the chin.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
She dialed her voice to its sweetest octave, her face to its most innocent, girlish mask.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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A carrier bag containing a hoodie, two sets of gloves and two face masks were later found in a shed at the Bridgend home of alleged gang member Kyle Long.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Singapore's National Trades Union Congress said Monday that public transport workers and delivery riders could receive free N95 masks, but AFP found uptake was slow.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But this stable aggregate masks large cross-country offsetting movements.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Since the pandemic, it’s not unusual for people to wear protective masks, so the renter will wear a mask to hide their identity from the kiosk camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Swimmers wearing snorkel masks jump from the deck to swim below.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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But Bruch’s formidable skill at the keyboard masked a lifelong soft spot for strings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even after the arrest of five masked men next to the base, plus a British-Iranian picked up later, the threat persisted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The BBC understands that one of the men had dialled 999 himself, about an hour before a local farmer alerted police to a "large group" of masked men near the vehicles.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The painting depicted the god Janus with two faces, one masked like a comic player, the other wearing a tragic look.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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The nearby Irkutsk Aluminum Factory, which is located in the same town and employs more than 2,000 people, has imposed a masking mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Last weekend, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch cast him as a tortured figure, barely masking his dread of AI.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“It’s really masking what is a quite obvious correction. If you’re a stock picker, or you own anything besides a few select tech names, it can be a big problem.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He looked sideways at CEOs’ request for industry regulation, saying that the move might be a “Trojan Horse” masking their true intentions.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
I verified, the sarcasm in my voice not entirely masking the slight but genuine anxiety I felt.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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