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• The girlfriend left the dorm room the next day under the guise of going to the cafeteria to get food, court documents show.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024
• And Janine is causing chaos, being self-involved, but under the guise of helping the school.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
• Five participants were exposed in the scheme that tried to bring cash to the Chernivtsi region under the guise of tourists on a bus.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• Last January, the duo met for their first meal together in Chelsea, under the guise of getting to know each other.
  — Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
• In 1995, Dixon says Simmons invited her to his apartment under the guise of listening to a new demo, the suit says.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Pates obtained that money from the straw borrowers under the guise of starting a business.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
• New cast members are obligated to give some kind of tour of their home, usually under the guise of having the ladies over for a get-to-know-you event.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
• Democrats in Denver are backing a measure that would blow through the state’s spending cap under the guise of a bogus property-tax cut.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
• It’s stifled by setting up barriers that are rooted under the guise of being fair and equal.
  — Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• Big corporations have a strong incentive to seize the market under the guise of safety.
  — Julie Yoo, STAT, 17 June 2024
• She was also being molested under the guise of treatment, like hundreds of young gymnasts over the years, by Nassar.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• During the second encounter, Waterman convinced Bush to get in the truck under the guise of taking her to meet a supervisor.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• The criminal-legal system, with its origins in racial and class control, has evolved to maintain the same functions under the guise of public safety.
  — Philip V. McHarris, TIME, 30 July 2024
• In March, McCray got down on one knee and proposed under the guise of taking test photos for their actual engagement.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
• In 2016, a woman in Arizona was convicted of prostitution, among other charges, for running a brothel under the guise of the church.
  — Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
• Ukraine’s military accused Russian troops of stealing cars and looting goods from the front-line areas under the guise of the evacuation.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• Nurtured under the guise of legality, Nazi Germany was born.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
• And because platforms like YouTube allow accounts like this to exist under the guise of commentating, the videos can be monetized, letting the cash roll in.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
• So under the guise of taking her niece to the powwow to meet her mom, Jax flouts her biggest law yet — kidnapping — to keep Roki close and hopefully find an answer to what happened to Tawi.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• Do the two of you believe the theory that multiple people operated under the guise of the Boston Strangler?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
• The men and women were recruited under the guise of working on farms as part of the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 17 June 2024
• Interestingly, these wrongs were also advanced under the guise of state rights and sovereignty.
  — J. Luke Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and mounted a covert invasion of the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, under the guise of a separatist uprising.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Why, if Ruth and Steve have already talked about this plan, visited the home, and agreed upon the terms, does Steve hide Ruth’s suitcase, before quietly yanking it out under the guise of something else?
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
• County prosecutors accused the group of carrying out acts of violence under the guise of protest.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
• Here are some examples of books that have been rewritten under the guise of removing content unsuitable for readers.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 9 Mar. 2023
• For example, firms that offer a four-day week under the guise of increasing work-life balance, yet expect workers to complete the same amount of work by working later in their evenings.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
• One was a financial services retiree who was duped into wiring money out of the country under the guise of fixing a billing discrepancy.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Under the United Front’s control are a multitude of groups which serve to engage overseas Chinese under the guise of social or industry groups.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2024
• This means that low quality and potentially dangerous products can make their way to the market under the guise of being safe and effective.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024