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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
• 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
• 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
• He was sent to New Mexico under the guise of hepatitis treatment and then to Sacramento, where another teenage boy reported being abused by Brett, the report said.
  — Lea Skene, Brian Witte and Sarah Brumfield, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
• With Burn the Boats, it’s become especially clear that Netflix is the streaming site of choice for comedians who want to spew anti-trans vitriol under the guise of yucking it up on a microphone.
  — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024