kid (oneself)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid (oneself)
Verb
  • Hiding your number conceals it from everyone, including friends, family, and coworkers who have your number saved on their device, so there is a chance the call might go unanswered.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • These methods conceal the user’s real card number and give the payment network control over spending caps, merchant lists and transaction permissions.
    Darko Pavic, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • At times, though, there’s nothing ambiguous or veiled in his work.
    Anastasia Tsioulcas, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • Several silhouettes were encased in rigid, transparent plastic shells, and veiled, sometimes with bejeweled faces.
    Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Zakrzewski bought a machete during his lunch break, took it home and sharpened it before hiding it and a crowbar, according to court records.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The lawsuit accuses Tucson police of hiding or destroying evidence in the case, including radar evidence of Wadsack's speed, Pettey's recording of her conversation with Wadsack and several minutes of audio on Schrage's bodycam footage.
    Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By the time of totality at 3:20 p.m., dense clouds obscured the view, with an eerie darkness and a golden horizon.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • He was either shrouded in haze (the gasps of the fog machine eventually became indistinguishable from the vapor being collectively exhaled by the crowd) or obscured by low-angle backlighting.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • But the President seemed to contradict the Justice Department memo that suggested there were no more files to be disclosed, instead claiming that there are files but that they were written by his rival predecessors and would only serve as a distraction.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 July 2025
  • But that has contradicted the administration’s own advisories regarding U.S. citizens visiting those countries.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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“Kid (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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