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mask

[mask, mahsk] / mæsk, mɑsk /




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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

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

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

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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