kid (oneself)

Definition of kid (oneself)next

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Verb
  • The two allegedly stole incoming cash and concealed the thefts by generating checks and forging the court clerk’s signature.
    Nathan Pilling July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • But an airline passenger in Indianapolis was caught using a peanut butter jar to conceal something altogether more concerning.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Okay, good veiled Alexa/Siri reference.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • Maddie attempts to maintain a good-girl façade veiling dangerous inner turmoil, while picture-perfect recipe videos mask an unsettling desperation for fame.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • For loungability there’s a king bed, a hide-a-bed sofa, a fireplace and theater seats.
    Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, announced Monday that the official toll stood at 1,719 people killed and 5,000 injured, and warned the public against sharing information that contradicted authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
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“Kid (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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