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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Namely, how could such respectable people—Stanford law professors famous for their sense of ethics—have raised a sociopath who stole billions of dollars under the guise of altruism?
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 15 Sep. 2023
• The real goal is to reduce wages for employers under the guise of expanding opportunities.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Apr. 2023
• Alex has masked his indecisiveness under the guise of being spontaneous.
  — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 6 July 2023
• After fires, Crawford contacted his victims under the guise of a concerned neighbor or relative.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
• However, the group soon morphed into something more sinister — a slowly woven web of manipulation, abuse and fear under the guise of a church covenant called The Big House Family.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
• Drag has been a popular target for the right over the last year, spurred along by social accounts like libsoftiktok spreading hate and misinformation under the guise of protecting children.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
• Other scammers use Google Voice, asking people for their verification code—all under the guise of verifying that the person isn’t a scammer.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
• Some officials have questioned whether the foundation is running a smuggling operation under the guise of a nonprofit.
  — Julie Turkewitz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• Challenging such programs under the guise of civil rights laws is controversial and seen by many as an attempt to obstruct positive societal change.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
• That case similarly involved a computer pop-up message, a fake alert to fraud on her bank account, and a scheme to trick the woman into handing over her life savings to scammers under the guise of securing her money.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
• Even as most states, including Illinois, have laws banning it, hazing has continued — sometimes under the guise of team-building exercises.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 28 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024