as in shrouds
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
under the veil of descending darkness the thieves began their operation
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as in conceals
to keep secret or shut off from view
a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road
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as in wraps
to surround or cover closely
morning fog veiled the fields
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Recent Examples of veils
Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025
The embroidery in the veils is done by hand.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025
Could this be time to do the dance of the seven veils?
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
Women in black veils are drinking ice-cold, alcohol-free beer at Riyadh cafes.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The women are pictured with, or without, veils and against the backdrop of Baroque and modern churches.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Lady Jessica, a member of the powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood, is often seen in veils and face coverings.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
The launch produced a bright, silver-white plume that changed into colorful veils as the sun illuminated the high exhaust at about 70-110 km (45-70 miles).
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Hidden within veils of gas and dust lies the brilliant heart of Messier 82 (M82), better known as the Cigar Galaxy.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kay’s refined style – made up of ivory wool coats, pillbox hats and delicate face veils – is Marty’s aspirational opposite.
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In the Danube Delta, silence reigns—broken only by pelican wings, rustling reeds, and drifting river mist that veils the labyrinth of wetlands.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for veils
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The 54 unidentified bodies were laid carefully in a long line of white shrouds as Palestinians gathered around the grave site.—
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That’s because cutting-edge encryption shrouds information behind mathematical problems (such as factoring enormous numbers) that are conjectured to be unsolvable in any practical amount of time.—
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Bedsure Twin Heated Blanket With a fleece top and faux shearling backing, the blanket’s thick fabric conceals the wires, giving it the feel of a cozy throw rather than a typical heated blanket.—
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Her go-to is the Madison Reed Radiant Hair Color Kit, a $35 at-home hair color box that conceals 100 percent of stubborn grays and enhances shine.—
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Ties back to the opening scene of S1EP1 and wraps everything up nicely.—
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Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.—
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The Goldwell Open Air Museum, next to the skeletal buildings of Rhyolite Ghost Town, is a large-scale sculpture installation created by a group of Belgian artists that’s complete with ghostly figures wearing white cloaks.—
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My freshman-year college roommate brought an entire underbed storage tub full of medieval costumes (multiple petticoats and cloaks).—
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And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.—
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Now, Scieszka’s debut filters Tuck Everlasting-esque immortality through the social media age—examining how someone hides their eternal lifespan from facial recognition technology and venture capitalists looking to capitalize upon family property and the ultimate anti-aging secrets.—
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Modified from machines used by Planters factories to wrap peanuts, this contraption envelops 5,000 MetroCards every hour—or more than one every second.—
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The supper club’s moody orange lighting (made from parchment in England) is taken straight out of Blade Runner, a rich glow that completely envelops its diners.—
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Then, check out a few other heated blankets on sale.—
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Store excess blankets in a linen closet, a floor basket, a blanket ladder, or a chest of drawers.—
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In this way, Berlin and New York were linked as though through an imaginary tunnel that gave passage to the hidden or half-glimpsed sexualities that heteropatriarchy silences and obscures.—
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This deliberately obscures the possibility that some victims were lactating female bears — and for every dead mother, there was probably at least one cub in danger of dying from starvation.—
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“Veils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veils. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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