He stops so abruptly a cloud of dust temporarily obscures his feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In daylight, it was simple to find the place, but nightfall had obscured the hills. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pushing trunks against the wall, obscuring Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clutter seldom encountered trespassers on his property; a mile and a half from the highway, and arrived at by obscure roads, it was not a place that strangers came upon by chance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the rock lasers, the sheer mountain face, and its completely obscured city on top, the Ridgefolk really did seem to discourage visitors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Would our lives be improved if gold and uranium were as obscure and unimportant on Earth as praseodymium? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some obscure reason he felt the need to be brutally honest; perhaps he had already begun preparing himself for what lay ahead. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He learned to see hope where a boy thought there was no hope, to see skill where skill was obscured by ego or by anxiety. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Though the darkness had swallowed her whole, her burnished image was still imprinted on his retinas; it obscured his vision, brightening when he lowered his eyelids, disorienting him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing steadily; clouds obscured the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was raised in the belief that these were obscure little engines inside my cells, owned and operated by me or my cellular delegates, private, submicroscopic bits of my intelligent flesh. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair falls across his face, obscuring his eyes momentarily from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sarai opened her eyes again, feeling dreamy and obscure, like a sentence half translated into a beautiful new language. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or obscured; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleet drummed slantwise at the great rigid envelope of the craft, making a noise that almost drowned the clatter and howl of the straining engines, and obscuring the view of the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then she imagined herself safely installed in the Richardsons’ kingdom, half obscured in the background, keeping watch over her daughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is a sparse and obscure and unpretentious cluster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He backed up the curving street, his head the only thing I could see for a moment, the rest of him obscured by flowering trees and gold-covered rooftops. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I kept us on the most obscure back roads I knew, where only our headlights disturbed the darkness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I complained, and for some reason then obscure to me, she smiled and found another book—the right kind of book. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wants to use obscure European words for everything to feel better about living here, then she can. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now, under Nugent, its activities were devoted to frustrating the work of the religious authorities, and to remaining obscure and apparently harmless. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The city lights obscured the stars, but on clear nights, I could see Venus on the horizon, up over the dark water, glowing steadily. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Belief could be sustained only if a peculiar authority was granted to obscure books, or better still ancient manuscripts newly discovered in locked chests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Later that year, in the fall of 1947, a previously obscure committee of the US House of Representatives took the hunt to a new level. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Almost twenty people were working on the Huaricanga mound, shoveling away the obscuring loess. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom had begged him to stay longer, but he claimed he needed to be back on campus for some obscure reason he never disclosed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The sinking moon was obscured by a great sailing cloud, but suddenly it rode out clear again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

No waves would come to ruffle this dream water, and no bulk of cloud, wind-driven from the west, obscure the clarity of this pale sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Lee, “I was not making a joke. In my obscure but courteous Oriental manner I was indicating to you that I would prefer to know your opinion before I offered mine.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds drifted across the sky, obscuring the thin sliver of moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Indeed, following the street further along to where it runs over the little round-backed bridge, I could see the mist rising from the river, obscuring almost entirely one of the bridge-posts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No one. Just an obscure Indian comic from when I was a kid.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The motels are always far from anything, set against a dark wall of forest, their lights glimmering in the uniform obscuring night like those of ships, or oases. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One night, I sang him a lullaby in the obscure dialect of his homeland, and he slept very peacefully. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water gushes forward, the wheel turns, and he joins me, whistling some obscure tune. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve practiced martial arts ever since, in those obscure corners of the globe, mostly as a way to keep in shape for basketball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And with but a few minutes between him and the beginning of judgment, the obscure longing to possess the thing which Max had dimly evoked in him was still a motive. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around its sides rushed a flow of men, their body paint and tattoos obscured by dust from the hardened, brick-like mud that lay underneath the entire city. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turns to him, still laughing, her eyes still obscured. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dark leaves of laurels and holly obscured the view, but he reached through and thrust them aside to see the side of the house clearly, with the broken study window sharp in the moonlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His family had to be rich enough to pay for an extensive education, however, so it would be more proper to call his origins obscure rather than lowly. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

You are able to watch it more closely than you had when you entered, as there is no longer a crowd obscuring it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was as though he had an obscure but deep debt to fulfil to himself in accepting the deed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a clever boy, though somewhat too obscure.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then a text from Ben pops up, obscuring half of my screen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There were just drawings, coded instructions, and obscure texts. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black goes on about how he wants us to feel free to choose the places that strike our fancy, no matter how obscure or far away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was obscure, but not too cut off from the house, a friendly little place with the consolation of water and not too many shadows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Whoever it was, he was short, and wearing a hooded cloak pulled up over his head to obscure his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I did not tell my teachers, and if I told my friends I would have done so with all the excitement needed to obscure the fear that came over me in that moment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And even at that moment the sun for a second faltered and was obscured, as though a dark wing had passed across it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Going down in the elevator, I look into the smoked-mirror wall and see my face in the dark glass obscured by time, as a stone overgrown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now much of my writing contained remnants of too many thoughts and had too many obscure references. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

To be safe, one would have to be bland and obscure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He adjusts his stance until his feet are planted wide, bows his head so that his hair obscures his face, and holds the microphone up in the air in one hand—classic rock star pose. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tall marsh grass obscured my view to the right, but as soon as we had motored around it, I glimpsed the remains of an old dock—a place where J.T., Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“A group of children were seen along the road this morning,” the wight said, his voice clipped, accent obscure—not quite English, not quite German. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Out on the lawn, the thick mist obscured all but the legs of the picnic table, and puddles speckled the steps to the porch. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Something flittered there in front of his mind like a bat's wing, obscuring his idea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She’s taller than I am by just a few inches, and though her baggy shirt and pants try to obscure it, I can tell that her body bends and curves like it’s supposed to. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Department of Correctional Services transferred in-mates according to its own obscure agendas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack believed in something—he believed in white witches and sleighs pulled by wolves, and in the world the trees obscured. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Such were their deities in the citadel of dead gods: an obscure human gardener and an antisocial bird. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The rain obscured the fields beyond the crossroads, but Catelyn saw the land clear enough in her memory. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A man stepped out of the crowd of torchbearers, his black beard obscuring half his face, his eyes glittering in the torchlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I guess named after someone obscure—usually, isn’t that how it goes for people like me? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her life, she’d heard about the Mist—the supernatural veil that obscured the world of myth from the sight of mortals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The light in the office was dimming, but it was not yet too dim to obscure the flush of frustration on Alfred Lanning’s face. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The bride was staring out of the back window, her face partially obscured by the flaking paint of the huge red cross. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laundry room was both one of the wars obscure crannies and a microcosm of the war itself, a sophisticated, efficient machine capable of processing eighteen thousand bundles of laundry each week. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But now the rapidly deepening snow obscured the narrow road and made the ride impossible. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or consider the automobile dealership: a salesman does his best to obscure the car’s base price under a mountain of add-ons and incentives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for “chronic halitosis”—a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I pointed to a tall hill obscuring my view of the northern bluffs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Slammer stood in an obscure place between the Homestead and the north Glade wall, hidden behind thorny, ragged bushes that looked like they hadn’t been trimmed in ages. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

While the stories were vivid, the lectures were abstract, treatises on obscure philosophical subjects, and it was to these abstractions that I devoted most of my study. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her vision is obscured completely, she can see nothing and feels only the damp leather against her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the moment the Starlight Room was obscured by a small cloud. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It leaps savagely on the crab, there is a puff of black fluid, and the struggling mass is obscured in the sepia cloud while the octopus murders the crab. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His accomplishments with Seabiscuit were the wonder of the racing world, and the man who had been considered an obscure oddball a year before now enjoyed cult status among his peers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air car dropped quickly in an obscure part of the city. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

To the inner monster it must be even more obscure, since he has no visible thing to compare with others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stares over my shoulder into the mist obscuring the battlefield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He saw it clearly, how it had happened: she had opened a sealed envelope to read his note and been disgusted, and in her obscure way felt betrayed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even Frodo felt better in the morning light, but every now and again a mist seemed to obscure his sight, and he passed his hands over his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I see the defunct sign dismantled and leaning against the side, almost obscured by overgrown weeds. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She hunted for the path at the edge of the Wood, but the snow had obscured all traces of it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because my family got around a lot, I was able to recognize the language as an obscure dialect of the Carpathian Mountain region. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

These somewhat unrelated sentiments decorated either side of the mantelpiece, obscured a little by the silver candlesticks. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Heavy, gray clouds obscured the sunrise, and a few raindrops already warned us it wasn’t going to be a beautiful day. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There is a small silver plaque on the platform, partially obscured by the cascading gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The inky storm front was less than a hundred feet away now, obscuring everything ahead of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It had retreated to that obscure corner in herself from where it came and couldn’t be coaxed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A thin Stand Of oak trees obscures the cornfields that stretch out to the horizon. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

No record of how she felt when agents from the Bureau of Investigation—an obscure branch of the Justice Department that, in 1935, would be renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation—finally arrived in town. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Also, Antinous sounded confident that he could detect the Argo II. Hazel’s magic seemed to be obscuring the ship so far, but there was no telling how long that would last. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The fog obscures the early morning joggers and the lone practitioners of tai chi. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On the right, winter-slumbering gardens were partly obscured behind a low wall; within the garden, across wide lawns of short brown grasses, was a wide tower made of white stone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I tucked the book under my arm, obscured by my shawl, and hurried to my room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Across the yard the King’s Tower had turned into a hulking shadow, the lights in its windows obscured by falling snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Irwin had injured me in some awful, obscure way, and all the while I lay there on Joan's sofa I was really dying. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Very high winds have been recorded on the surface of Mars, and sometimes nearly the entire surface of the planet is obscured by blowing dust. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their panes glow in the starlight, obscuring the treasures I imagine to be inside them, small plants with berries dangling from their branches, rows of potato plants buried in the earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The more sensational aspects of my rapid climb cannot obscure the facts. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they grunt or say “Aha” or “Trade you” or “Got you back”; or they exchange new, obscure good-natured insults: “You surd!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had their own words for things, a jargon of obscure origin: for reasons even they had forgotten, they referred to butter as cheese; they called the grackles that perched in the treetops icklebirds. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, the family emerged onto platform nine and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It pulverized the glass doors, sending up a blizzard of shards that obscured the entrance. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I kind of got turned around. Could your note have been any more obscure?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now there are sounds, gasps, a low noise like growling, yells, and the red bodies tumble forward and 1 can no longer see, he’s obscured by arms, fists, feet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was older, back bent with age, her face partly obscured by the hood of a Emma erupted at him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On February 21a grand jury had indicted—formally accused of a crime—100 blacks for violating an obscure 1921 law banning boycotts “without just or legal cause.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was only after the French discovered similar paintings, partially obscured by millennia-old mineral deposits, that the Altamira drawings were pronounced authentic. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

In this, 14 and 17, the vanishing point, incomprehensible in Aristotelian terms, is mysteriously obscured, showing how sensitive artists were to the clash between mathematics and philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Things that had been out of bounds so far, obscured by history’s blinkers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actual particulars of the event are unclear, obscured by the accretion of myth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie moved in such a way that her view of her sister was completely obscured. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was one of the rules of building the booth: there could be nothing over it that would obscure a view of the sky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I will find some obscure village or cottage in the woods.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The television was on; Laurel and Hardy, obscured by a blizzard of electronic snow, were trying to move a grand piano up a great many flights of stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Our argument ended in a draw; we agreed that the passage was obscure and that as it stood it could be explained either way. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Clouds that obscure his intense fear of what is to come. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound but our breaths bubbling up and obscure thuds from deep inside the ship, pieces of the broken hull knocking in the current. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

From his place leaning against one of the stable’s walls, he was partially obscured in shadow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew her by name, even the most obscure outcasts—a lady with swollen feet and a cloud of flies around her, a strange drooling man with a lisp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was what they meant that was obscure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general rise in affluence had obscured the traditional class markers and distorted the old class-based political alignments. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

His face was obscured by the hood of a long cloak, and I swallowed as he began to make his way over to me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The light that long ago had struck me into syncope, recalled in this vision, seemed glidingly to mount the wall, and tremblingly to pause in the centre of the obscured ceiling. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The thought pleased her, so much so that she wondered if it might be some obscure saying of Agatha Swanburne’s that she had heard in passing long ago and then forgotten. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We made our way across a dismal plain, groping for detail, sight obscured. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the cold air, I caught a whiff of the promise of fresh snow; soon it would obscure my footsteps leading away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness expanded, momentarily obscuring everything, and then Grandma stood before them, completely naked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Half the sky was obscured by smoke and heat shimmer, but high above there floated the squat shape of the one remaining zeppelin—too far away, Lee thought hopefully, to see them even through binoculars. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the girls were sitting on their deck chairs, a man in armband and cap came over and demanded to see Fiona’s gas mask—it was partially obscured by her cape. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” she says, pulling the cuff of her sleeve down to obscure his view of the bracelet, a carefully woven braid of her hair entwined with his. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He spun around, the familiar, icy cold penetrating his insides, fog starting to obscure his vision; more were appearing out of the darkness on every side; they were encircling them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Smoking is without doubt a significant contributory cause of cancer, lung and heart disease, but there are confounding factors having to do with life-style and environment which partially obscured this fact for some years. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick clouds obscured the sky, so there was neither moon nor Northern Lights; but by peering closely, the children could make out the deep trail Iorek Byrnison had plowed in the snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After St. Louis, with its noise and activity, its trucks and buses, and loud family gatherings, I welcomed the obscure lanes and lonely bungalows set back deep in dirt yards. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to an audience stilled with awe, he distributed certified photostatic copies of the obscure regulation on which he had uilt his unforgettable triumph. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be surprising to find them among the “smartest” girls’ and boys’ names in California, listed on pages 199-200, that are still fairly obscure. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes shone like wet black jewels; the hoodie almost completely obscured her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The hunger and heat combined, a poisonous taste resembling defeat; yes, he thought, that’s what it is: I’ve been defeated in some obscure way. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s twilight,” Edward murmured, looking at the western horizon, obscured as it was with clouds. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Publicity, of course, tends to obscure these numbers, but like the Surgeon General’s warning on cigarette packages, the figures would eventually begin to filter into the public consciousness. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was dark and cold, the stars still obscured by fog. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

People were shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and the children of the oasis were bursting with excitement at the arrival of the strangers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cold wind blew somewhere in me, lifting little leaves of terror and obscure longing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can obscure your progress somewhat, but the success of your journey will depend on you, Hazel Levesque. You must learn to use the Mist.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A fur-trimmed cap obscured the crazy haircut he sported, and he had washed the dirt and paint off his face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kino moved cautiously so that the water would not be obscured with mud or sand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had Darwin looked carefully through the books in his voluminous library, he might have found a reference to an obscure paper by a little-known botanist from Brno. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A magical force called the Mist obscures the true appearance of monsters and gods from their vision, so mortals tend to see only what they can understand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prompted by some obscure modve, he would lure his victims into this room and then throw an electric switch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, when a point of justice is obscure and difficult, each side hires lawyers to argue it out. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time now writing obscure words in the dark. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The committee was brusque, thorough, and relentless in rooting out inaccuracies, inconsistencies, incomprehensible statements, and illogical conclusions obscured by technical gibberish. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There, all but obscured by its preserved cousins, is a fresh white rose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dark spots cover the man in front of me, obscuring my view of his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Among an obscure tribe in a backwater of West Asia on the confines of a long- vanished empire? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lives on some obscure street in West Amsterdam, and none of us know where it is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd obscures the waterfront, his favorite cafe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The “nation of immigrants” framework obscures the US practice of settler colonialism. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The earth is very black and spongy underfoot, often obscured by tangles of vines with colorful blossoms. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We came upon another detachment of rebels espied down a far street, obscured by smoke. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her face wasn’t obscured here; she looked vaguely familiar. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even in that obscure position, Miss Scatcherd continued to make her an object of constant notice: she was continually addressing to her such phrases as the following:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His face was obscured almost entirely by a huge beard and mustache, and a domed helmet with a point on top came down to his eyebrows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Whenever a new appliance was advertised on television, Mrs. Mancuso bought it no matter how obscure its uses were. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was dark, and clouds obscured the stars. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Suspicion and rumour and counter-recrimination had obscured the issue almost before it started. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, obscure though it is in parts and repetitive though it is in others, it is filled with wise and interesting things. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Koffi's words echoed against the stone walls of the garden as the figure stepped forward, face still obscured. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The obscuring lanes of dust contain organic molecules; some of them contain stars in the earliest stages of formation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob was careful to keep clear of any hints of his religion and therefore obscured his own story as much as possible. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Listen, you people” —he always called us you people—“Julia-day- Burgos is so obscure it would be hard to find a single poem of hers. In any language.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But now my face is almost obscured by the dramatic highlights and dark shadows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that day in the office, he had revealed that there was another side to his nature, a side that had been obscured but that still existed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hates that his name is both absurd and obscure, that it has nothing to do with who he is, that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t obscure their shapes in any way; if anything it made them clearer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With his pipe, genially self-effacing manner, and electrified hair, Einstein was too splendid a figure to remain permanently obscure, and in 1919, the war over, the world suddenly discovered him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He takes his top hat from its stand and puts it on her head, where it slides down and obscures her questioning eyes in a cage of black silk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I start a small fire, counting on the mist to obscure any telltale smoke. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strung all around with colored lights, there was what looked like a war memorial in the middle, partly obscured by a windblown Christmas tree. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we quiz each other, searching out more and more obscure places on the map to trip each other up: Charlesville? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little of his face that was not obscured by hair or beard was soaking and swollen; he was shaking with tears, a vast, spotted handkerchief in his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We know that Ernest Lawrence acquired the basic idea from an article in an obscure German technical journal, and we know the journal, the article, and its author. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Shields they bore as well, but so obscured by snow and ice that the arms upon them could not be read. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The eastern slope was obscured from his view. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Red’s face was obscured by the shadow of the tire. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd obscured what was happening, but suddenly the rotten frontage of a building gave way and collapsed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It can be a cloud, a thing that obscures. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The valleys were white with fog and the top of Mount Cataract was entirely obscured, invisible in the cold haze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Celia glares at him, but at the same time she begins turning over his words in her mind, collecting the obscure non-answers about the rules he has given her over the years. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Your scrutiny into the most obscure sciences has attracted the notice of the world. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Equally typical is a tendency to equate the risk from some obscure and exotic malady with the chances of suffering from heart and circulatory disease, from which about 12,000 Americans die each week. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keck and stinging nettles grew up as high as his chest, obscuring the path. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was growing colder, unseasonably cold for the middle of May, and the fog, though not heavy, was rising off the water, thickening imperceptibly, and obscuring the lowcountry in its passage across the land. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama flipped through it all, squinting as the clouds continued to obscure the stars. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Focusing on the Olmec’s chronological primacy, they believe, obscures the more important fact that Mesoamerica was the home of a remarkable multisociety ferment of social, aesthetic, and technical innovation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was no time to think of what might happen; a vague, overmastering fear obscured all details. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she could see the red dye still vivid on Mala’s feet, all but obscured by the bottom edge of her sari. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She said, “Once you start looking at all this stuff, all of these sites, you realize this obscure stuff isn’t obscure at all. Each thing is like a whole world. I can’t tell you.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d caught my obscure Highlander quote and thrown another right back at me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Delay, obscure, prevaricate. Oh, no one does that half so well as our brave uncle.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With something of a start, I did remember: a windy autumn night, full moon obscured by dusty rags of cloud. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What was of worth was not me, but the veneer of constraints and observances that obscured me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Either it wasn’t out, or it was obscured by buildings. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew her veil closer so that more of her face was obscured, then lost herself in the crowd. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I knew they were special from their jeans and T-shirts, their knowing, ironic looks when obscure works of literature were referred to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The metaphors used then may be obscure to us now. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused and looked carefully to see where her spittle had gone, but I saw nothing; her face, obscured by steam, was bent over a big pot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It blew in the wind, obscuring her face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sparra warriors appeared in swarms that almost obscured the sky above the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Smoke obscured the vision and cinders drifted into the house, into our beds, into our kitchen, into our food; and a tarlike smell was always in the air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not obscure words that I wouldn’t be expected to know. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His face was obscured by a mop of dirty blond hair, and something that looked like a gas mask covered his nose and mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the temple’s back door, the starry sky was obscured in cloud cover. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was no obscure test for a few scholars—winning the prize was considered a great honor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I kept an eye on Orlick after that night, and, whenever circumstances were favourable to his dancing at Biddy, got before him to obscure that demonstration. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys did not worry, for they had other things to think about—but for the ugly one it was the whole of an obscure and mystic life. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet it had been glossed over in my education, and in popular culture, representations of the war and its reasons seemed obscured. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to be monitoring you from here, from the small control room. We’ll see how useful I am tonight, though, with all this snow obscuring the cameras.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For obscure places or sailings out of season, he had to make do with passage to someplace near his destination and complete his journey aboard smaller coastal craft or overland. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Warbeak pecked and scratched frantically, her target obscured by the bulky haversack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A lorry went past, making our car wobble and, for a few seconds, obscuring our view of the hoarding. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was it an old city with obscure origins draped in chthonic myth, like Athens or Thebes. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Every time I think I have found the last, most obscure job that could be outsourced to Bangalore, I discover a new one. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Might they somehow have an inkling of the long evolutionary progression from genes to brains to libraries that has occurred on the obscure planet Earth? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been on at the Bell Street Cinema, but I’m sure it got a run at one of those obscure yet popular theaters in the city. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This time it pierces the now nearly shredded paper in between the words “audiences” and “spectacle,” obscuring the “with” completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The subject matter was beyond obscure: a challenge even to the most experienced theoreticians in the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Stonesnake went east with him a short way, then doubled back to obscure their tracks, and the three who remained set off toward the southwest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Everything here—Taninli, the palace, the food they ate—seemed obscured by a thin but persistent fog. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Clouds of tear gas obscure the scene as troopers rout the marchers and drive them back over the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman, whose ears also protruded, but were partially obscured by her hair cut in a bob, gave a gay shout of a laugh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was this obscure need that had pulled me into the labor movement in the beginning and by exercising it I was but fulfilling what I felt to be the laws of my own growth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though the army helmet obscured Milton’s present vision, it gave him a pretty good picture of the future. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond, coils of concertina wire topping a mesh fence further obscured the vista. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be open to them—open to everything under the sun and the moon, though these are both obscured to us now...sadly.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was a quaint hideaway in a round chamber, stocked with shining rows of Tusker-beer bottles and French aperitifs and obscure African brandies. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quantity of blood obscured the textbook details he remembered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The galleys of the first line of battle obscured his vision, so Davos paced the deck searching for a better view. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The beach stretched away before them in a gentle curve till perspective drew it into one with the forest; for the day was not advanced enough to be obscured by the shifting veils of mirage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I was hasty about dropping them. Political movements must get their money from whatever source they can. The girls have, no doubt, a charm which their blue jeans and boots obscure.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an obscure specialization, but the candlelit and treacherous universe in which they moved—of sin unpunished, of innocence destroyed—was one I found appealing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eyeglasses could not obscure it, nor could the pimples on her skin brought on by hard brown soap and a tilted diet. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Hermione, whose bushy hair obscured the tiny patch of sky visible through the dark branches high above them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a horse and rider, nearly obscured by the twilight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tom Smith was an obscure trainer with one year’s experience with a mainstream stable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pseudointellectuals spout obscure verbiage to hide the fact that they have nothing to say. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At first he had wanted to call it Zeus Pickles & Preserves, but that idea was vetoed because everybody said that Zeus was too obscure and had no local relevance, whereas Paradise did. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t see the top of the tent at all—it was completely obscured by rolling clouds of smoke. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boy’s face is obscured, so his identity cannot be known for sure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even though it was in an obscure side pocket of my bag, I was too scared to unwrap it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

My centrioles, basal bodies, and probably a good many other more obscure tiny beings at work inside my cells, each with its own special genome, are as foreign, and as essential, as aphids in anthills. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scraps and wisps of it flew through the basket, and then everything was obscured, all at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Teaching a song using solfege rather than the lyrics helps the listener hear patterns and intervals, and even understand phrases and form that otherwise might be obscured by lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The mare was already half obscured in a cloud of dust. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the left was an American colonel; on the right, another soldier looked away, his face obscured; and in the middle stood a Soviet officer, whose face had been cut out of the photograph. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the escarpment stretched a valley almost obscured by industrial haze. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bright, white flames had erupted around Dumbledore’s body and the table upon which it lay: Higher and higher they rose, obscuring the body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can see my reflection from all angles: the gray fabric obscuring the shape of my back, my long neck, my knobby-knuckled hands, red with a blood blush. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She found an obscure midwife and paid her in advance for the delivery. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinkie dropped his boots into the fire; their soles made thick black smoke, and the light from the fire was temporarily obscured. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I too am blanketed, my harsh edges obscured and transformed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even nearby civilizations could spend millions of years in such separate or joint colonial ventures without ever stumbling upon our obscure solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna worried how the tourists would react to a forty-foot-tall statue of Athena in the middle of the courtyard, but the Mist must have been working overtime to obscure the mortals’ vision. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the farthest balcony, unaccompanied women in masks raised their fans to obscure their pox-marks, observed by men guessing at identity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The study that founded modern biology was buried in the pages of an obscure journal of an obscure scientific society, read mostly by plant breeders in a declining Central European town. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He said it with such firmness, we knew his words were laid plank on plank to obscure the marker we had seen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Quintilian may seem an obscure figure to us; but not to anyone educated when rhetoric was still a core part of the curriculum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Miranda smiled, but her mouth was obscured by a large brush that the saleswoman was sweeping over her face. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The words of the second entry would not obscure the words of the first. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This, my colleague, is fact, true and empirical; yet Mr. Gitney saw fit to obscure it in his account. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a lantern before him, fixed to the seat, which illumination touched the edges of objects obscure in their outlines. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The exam room was the only section of the ship I’d ever seen, and its true shape and size were obscured by the darkness at the edges. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As I passed down an obscure street, I felt spread through all my palms that tingling of the nerves that presages a great leap. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The gas puffed up in a thin cloud that partly obscured Bunker Six. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other was like a chunk of burnt pine-log he was carrying along as a penance for some obscure sin. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its top bricks have tumbled to the ground and weeds almost obscure them. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

On other occasions, he pinned the answers to tests in obscure corners of the bulletin board. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a miracle that it could obscure my vision but not cause me to choke: The gas mask worked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Fenn, the smallpox historian, the squabble over the number of deaths and the degree of blame obscures something more important. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t trust Estraven, whose motives are forever obscure; I don’t like him; yet I feel and respond to his authority as surely as I do to the warmth of the sun. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Travis didn’t recognize either of them; they were both wearing hoods that obscured their faces. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Here I was an outspoken Muslim athlete, representing a relatively obscure sport, and these major companies were coming to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"The air,” Audubon wrote later, "was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the seconds during which they looked at each other in silence, Briony, partly obscured by her sister, shrank into her uniform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He kept hoping they would say something, but if they did, the rumble of the boards and the splash of the waters around him obscured it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon looked up, and though one side of his face was still obscured in shadow, the other side was pleading. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The mesas to the east were obscured by veils of falling snow, and the sky above them was dark blue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In modern translations these words are often represented by the word ‘discovery’, but this obscures the fact that in 1492 ‘discovery’ was not an established concept. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The driver drove at reckless speeds, through towns and cities, the heavy rain obscuring most of the view. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“All I see so far is that from being a rather vaguely known, but still largely obscure metropolitan lawyer, I have now become a world figure. You’re a good publicist.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But his shame seems to obscure any pleasure he might feel in her offer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

All the archers still had their chain-mail cowls up, obscuring everything but their eyes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They are obscured only at the bottom, so it is impossible to tell what is burning, if it is wood or coal or something else entirely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An obscure object all her own, which in addition to the need for privacy was responsible for bringing her down to the basement bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Clouds may obscure it to an extent to which they cannot obscure daylight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames and heavy black smoke from the wreckage obscure our view. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A loose black scarf obscures my face, and my dress, high-necked and long-sleeved, conceals both my slaves’ cuffs and the Commandant’s mark, still scabbed and painful. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I can obscure your path for a while, long enough for you to rest. I have power in this swamp. But eventually, they will catch you.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’d lit a smudge and a candle so that his face was clear in the handful of light and obscured by the handfuls of smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The picture was still wholly obscure, but what I saw of it I didn’t like at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In his pockets the officer found $112, a bus ticket for Petersburg, Illinois, and documents that identified him as Thomas Dowell, an obscure local jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the surveyors who shot it, all but the summit nub of Peak XV was obscured by various high escarpments in the foreground, several of which gave the illusion of being much greater in stature. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Elizebeth also worked as a cryptographer, which meant that she was the one coming up with ways of obscuring the plaintext. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From it emerges, in almost full detail, a group portrait of a kind that is usually obscured by loss. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We move through the woods until the view of the fence has been obscured. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then the backgrounds ought to be neither too bright nor too dim, so that the shadows may not obscure the images nor the lustre make them glitter. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And it made me feel better in some obscure way: imagining myself a hero, rushing fearlessly for the gun, instead of merely loitering in the bullet’s path like the bystander which I so essentially am. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could still see her but she was fading: the reds and yellows of a dying summer obscured her dark form. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their face is still obscured, but I see the top of a head nod. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But if we wish to find the Earth, we must redirect our course to the remote outskirts of the Galaxy, to an obscure locale near the edge of a distant spiral arm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he walked off and was soon obscured by the tall grass that grew in that part. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Great golden bands caught his sleeves in the dip between biceps and deltoids, and his neck was dark with obscure tattoos. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Kaede and the Huntsman passed through a forest of giant trees, their trunks black with age, the sun obscured by thick, tangled vines. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Curtains, as vehicles often had back then, obscured the windows, and the car, a Buick, resembled a black coffin. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In her dream, he was explaining something—something important—but his voice was obscured by the rumble of the volcano. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her hair is wispy and white, and someone—obviously not Ipphy—has combed it carefully to obscure the bald spots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Its claims of public-spiritedness and moral rectitude obscured its essential nature as a terrorist organization seeking economic, social, and political power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some obscure reason—it might have been to “save” me—I was urged by the local Communists to attend and I was named as a delegate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No twists, no turns or hairpin bends obscured even momentarily her clear view of the end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bare fluorescent tubes and a rack of ribs hang from the ceiling, obscuring his profile. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cannot tell how far it stretches, the size of the tent obscured by cascading willows and twisting vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He drifted into a Wyoming county fair, where he found a job working for an obscure firm that supplied decrepit horses to rodeos for use in relay races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bus comes lurching around the curve, obscuring her view. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Castle and camp were soon lost behind them, obscured by the dust of their hooves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Backdrop to the Kilanga pageant, rising up behind the houses, a tall wall of elephant grass obscures our view of anything but the distance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a slow and awkward maneuver because she was fearful of sudden movement, and thus the creaking of the bedsprings was prolonged, and half obscured the sound of a man's voice. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The claddagh charm, its details obscured by tarnish, becomes three-dimensional again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was known to fire longtime employees for not recognizing an obscure line of movie dialogue he quoted, or if he discovered they weren’t familiar with one of his favorite cartoons, comic books, or videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What of importance would he know then that was obscure now? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dust lay thick on the floor, there were neat hillocks of chipped cement and the earth where bandicoots, for some obscure reason of their own, had dug. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, we heard about the obscure white parliamentary messenger who stabbed Verwoerd to death, and we wondered at his motives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the rail, obscured by the pack of horses, he could not be seen by the stewards or the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Venus was evidently covered by a dense layer of obscuring cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided the nursery, whose murals were now partly obscured by rubbery black stains where the rebels had burned the corpses of my friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

No homes can be seen from the road; tall scrubby bushes obscure the view. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Gunters loved to play the game of one-upmanship and were constantly trying to prove they had acquired more obscure knowledge than everyone else. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her hair falls over her face just enough to obscure her cheeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Too much of it and we obscure the all-pervasive sense of contingency as well as the problematic character of the choices facing the revolutionary generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once, he fell; clouds of dust obscured everything, and he ran from the dust—he hurried faster, sliding and tumbling on the loose pebbles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He swings the door open and walks to the row of trunks that obscures Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On one such lazy, hot summer night Granny, my mother, and Aunt Addie were sitting on the front porch, arguing some obscure point of religious doctrine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew what a fugitive would do on the nights when it rained, and the North Star was obscured. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The massive shape of the giant loomed over him, obscured by layers of black smoke. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mist rolled around our ankles, filled the front rows, and obscured the windows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Both of them toiled away in a relatively obscure field without any great hopes for worldly success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They approached, but seemed to become even more obscure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A scraggly, unkempt beard obscured the bottom half of his face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

People thought I was crazy for choosing an obscure sport like fencing in the first place and then crazier for sticking with it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Art is, however, much more than decoration, for it is laden with meaning, even if that content is sometimes slender or obscure. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the way we wanted it to. But my mom sure enjoyed my newfound mastery of Spanish cuisine. I also know some obscure historical trivia about Spain, the Spanish Armada, and, for some reason, Spaniels.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

On a great plain, where no light shone from the iron-dark sky, and where a mist obscured the horizon on every side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A moment earlier Fd noticed that wispy clouds now filled the valleys to the south, obscuring all but the highest peaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I see then the cloud of dark hair, the gold skin, which had been obscured by Marcus’s body before. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Miig's hair was tucked up into a grey woolen toque, and with the wide grey scarf wrapped around his neck several times so that his entire mouth was obscured, he looked much older. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was all dim and obscure in his mind, the gebbeth, the burning staff, the running, the whispering, the gate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m thirty-four years old,” Eleanor said, and wondered what obscure defiance made her add two years. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

No longer obscured by grass, the tracks were even easier to follow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, it only obscures my view for a few seconds before evaporating completely. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were the features focusing on some remote and obscure rural tribe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This forest obscures our view of the river, and any other distance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pater Aquillus is a jurist, and his library is filled with everything from obscure law books to ancient Scholar tomes on mathematics. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was mostly obscured by the drapes, and one stockinged leg was supported by the knee of the other, which gave it its curious, slanting and levitated appearance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Someone had taken a bright red marker to the girl in the picture, partially obscuring her face, but I could tell she was pretty, blonde, and wearing an old East Shoal cheerleader’s uniform. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Academics have developed complicated theories and obscure jargon in an effort to describe what is now referred to as structural racism, yet the concept is fairly straightforward. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Darius is right by me when I send the dish over, and we two are briefly side by side, obscured from view, as we scoop up the peas. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words were lost deep in his skin, obscured by decades of ink. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Gray clouds obscured the sun that day, and outside the cabin window she saw that mist still covered the ground. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at his own craven circumlocution, using so meaningless a word to obscure so hideous a truth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A dictionary buff, a devotee of obscure words, he had been intent on improving his companion’s grammar and expanding his vocabulary ever since they had celled together at Kansas State Penitentiary. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree branches and telephone lines obscured his view, but he could make out the long dark hair that shone like his clarinet itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The young maid always looks at the barrel Dede points to as if it were an obscure object whose use is beyond her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature standing feet away, obscured in the shadows, was large; she could tell that instantly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted no one to see me, and the storm swirled its eddies of snow around me and obscured me from the world. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only is it runty and obscure, but it is so variable in its motions that no one can tell you exactly where Pluto will be a century hence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When you walk through them, they fall like snow over the door in the floor, obscuring it from sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And having done so, might she obscure the fact by concocting a slight, barely clever fiction and satisfy her vanity by sending it off to a magazine? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just like in our room, where a window should be on the outer wall, a metal insert obscures the view outside to the stars, and maybe my first view of Sagan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mother tried to explain, yet each time she did I found her explanations vague, cryptic, obscure, ambiguous, enigmatic and too fantastic to be believable. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked totally at ease, his narrow face obscured by the brim of his hat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Snow rushes into my face, obscuring my vision. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Steam rises from the surface so thick it obscures the walls, the ceiling, the dark shape in the corner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was there and he was gone again, his silvery armor obscured by the trees once more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The collection’s name alludes to a term for a cluster of the nocturnal flying insects, which gather around an illumination source, eventually obscuring it. For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

All my life I’ve tried to learn from my betters, so I still read a lot of older, sometimes obscure literary journalism. Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Back in 1995, “trial of the century” may have seemed a little over the top, even as the television-watching public was transfixed by gavel-to-gavel coverage, and hitherto obscure Los Angeles lawyers became household names. Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

That may be true, but it’s a reading that obscures an arguably more important divide in left opinion that some feel has distorted public debate. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

But his larger focus is the experience of theater itself — the way performance can enchant and disappoint us, reveal truth and obscure it, turn comedy into tragedy, and tragedy into banality. Dance Review: John Jasperse Company Performs at the Joyce 2010-06-18T22:13:00Z

Stelter set a good precedent in September, however, when CNN “clarified” its policy about disclosing hosts’ political contributions, in a way that seemed to obscure the conflicts of its new Crossfire hosts including Newt Gingrich. News-About-the-News News: CNN Hires Brian Stelter As Reliable Sources Host 2013-11-12T14:50:31Z

It’s this complex, detail-rich and mostly obscured biography that Offset is beginning to reveal, in fits and starts, on his solo album. Emerging From Migos as His Own Man: The Metamorphosis of Offset 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

It looks obscure there, but if you are not in that place, it isn't. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

Locks tucked atop his head, Lil Yachty, whose face is usually obscured by the clacking tentacles, proved unrecognizable even to those who may have binged on his whimsical music videos or Instagram account. The Sudden Rise of Lil Yachty 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

A writer huddled with his source at an obscure hotel outside of London was shocked to discover his paper's biggest rival at the downstairs bar. AP Enterprise: UK tabloid paid spies for scoops 2011-09-28T12:10:09Z

It's a massive book, littered with obscure references, and is written almost entirely in unattributed speech, with no chapter breaks and very little paragraphing. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z

Add to this the fact that I live in Portland, Ore. The rainy season, when puddles obscure the bike lanes, lasts half a year. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z

They may just hear what you actually said, which obscures the certainty in your heart. Perspective | Miss Manners: Friendly neighbor needs to be dissuaded 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

Maybe it was the night’s full moon, but what are the odds that this concerto, which not only quotes a spiritual, ends with the obscure Baroque form of a quodlibet? Dvorak's 'New World' and a new piano concerto for our times at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

And his novels are littered with an obsessive cineaste’s catalog of obscure references. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

They say stripping one’s clothes leads to an immediate dissolution of ego – once they are no longer obscured, bodies and any perceived differences, are rendered invisible. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Pirsig’s book transformed him from an obscure technical writer into one of the best known authors of his era. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

We protect ourselves by obscuring our experience, but we imagine that if we could get through our own veils, we would find an underlying honesty that is simple, stark, handmade. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

In fact, a chance to see snippets of Ionesco’s obscure works, some staged as playlets, but more often with added music and songs, is the main attraction. Theater Review: ?Ionescopade? at the York Theater at St. Peter?s 2012-02-11T00:18:38Z

He treasures the "fussy, varicose technology" of his instrument and exploits the way it obscures his face at the very moment when he is expressing himself least self-consciously. All That Follows by Jim Crace 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

Léo’s motives are at times as obscure as Mr. Guiraudie’s, and the film’s studied obliqueness is intriguing as well as puzzling. Review: The French Countryside Holds Surprises in ‘Staying Vertical’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Pullman, his good looks obscured by chiaroscuro shadows and mutton chops, keeps you tethered to Lefty even when the rambling turns to drift. Review: The Sidekick as Hero in ‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

I was taking Wu-Tang, which wasn’t obscure at all back then. Damon Young on wooing with Wu-Tang, teaching Whiteness 101 and how survival "makes you blacker" 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

It all seems as meaningful as it is obscure. Art in Review: Josephine Meckseper 2014-01-16T22:50:41Z

Result: The “high-media frequency” diseases were rated as more serious than the more obscure diseases by both the undergraduates and the medical students. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard

Can a filmmaker be obscured by the vastness of his output? The Films of Raúl Ruiz Come to Lincoln Center 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Finally he discusses fiction about the Holocaust, and the critique of stories with "partial" viewpoints that are argued to obscure the wider truth – as Schlink's own novel was criticised. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z

An award-winning playwright, novelist and actor best known for creating edgy one-man shows and caustic characters like "Talk Radio" shock jock Barry Champlain, Bogosian unearths one of the genocide's obscure yet dramatic chapters. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Yet, in Bonnet’s rendering, the hair is not a cascade of comely curls, but a stolid helmet obscuring the entirety of her face — except, of course, for her long, drooping, teardrop nose. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

The movie opens in 1944 with Indy — wearing an enemy uniform as he did in “Raiders” — being held captive, a sack coyly obscuring his head while Nazi hordes scurry about. ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Review: Turning Back the Clock 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

We haven’t seen much of Joaquin Phoenix in the last four years, and when we have, he’s sometimes been obscured behind dark glasses, beard, extra weight and a general haze of disorientation. The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix on Animal Inspirations, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Pleasures of Discomfort 2012-09-13T12:00:22Z

Ms. Powell’s quietly charged performance renders her character’s somewhat obscure motivations believable. Theater Review: ‘Warrior Class,’ a Political Play at Second Stage Uptown 2012-07-24T02:00:00Z

A cold gray smoke swirled around me, obscuring the walls, my feet. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z

It was a bit of an obscure stage but it was the first time we'd sensed that excitement around our music. Glastonbury: 11 acts to watch 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

They perpetuate reductive ideas about reggaeton, obscuring the prismatic conditions of its past and present. Reggaeton’s History Is Complex. A New Podcast Helps Us Listen That Way. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

In other words, not exactly obscure or marginal. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z

And who could have predicted that the Wu-Tang Clan would put themselves on the map by basing their entire identity on obscure 1970s kung-fu movies? It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

Then there is the obscure reading material to browse or buy. The Europe Issue: How to Shop in Paris 2011-04-15T18:55:00Z

I'm thrilled by most of the usual suspects on the all-time greats lists of rock, soul, country, folk and blues, and by a good many more obscure artists. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

But if preposterous, pulse-pounding pileups of bizarre accidents and obscure medical conditions appeal to you, sure, put the trashy beach novel aside and help yourself. ‘Night Shift’ Gets Adrenaline Flowing on NBC 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

The vast majority of people who would bother coming up to an obscure scribbler are already self-selected for niceness. Why I was rude and other writers' woes 2010-05-11T08:37:00Z

As she matured, Highsmith found other, more socially acceptable ways to obscure herself, most frequently with drinking. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Q: Is the name of your site another obscure film reference? A Minute With: Soderbergh about his new film "Side Effects" 2013-02-06T15:11:09Z

The Gaddis Annotations is a wonderful resource that comprehensively explains the obscure references that underpin the book. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z

In the image, Mr. Szell’s left hand is raised — fingers spread as if indicating the number 5 — and almost completely obscures his face. John Berg, Art Director Who Made Album Covers Sing, Dies at 83 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

The programme's concept, perhaps a tad obscure, was that famous names would be light-heartedly auditioned for key roles of state – chief of police, prime minister. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z

He often wears shades to obscure the eyes Visconti once rhapsodized over. ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’ Review: A Cautionary Tale 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Long exposures obscure her identity, which recedes as the figures migrate from body to blur. A Young Artist as Her Own Ghostly Muse 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

But the prize has long been contentious in Britain, with newspaper critics often complaining that the nominated artists were too obscure or that their work was more activism than art. Black Artists Lead Turner Prize Shortlist 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

At one point he rewarded a fan's loyalty by playing an obscure track from his back collection. Bruce Springsteen's microphone switched off at Hard Rock Calling 2012-07-15T02:21:55Z

When cookbook collectors or obsessive readers of food literature want to find obscure gems or culinary heirlooms, they hit up Noe Valley’s Omnivore Books. | T's Picks, Part One 2010-12-10T19:30:00Z

The unreliable-narrator dynamic occasionally crops up in this book, obscuring exactly what the “Believer” believes in, beyond winning. David Axelrod’s ‘Believer: My Forty Years in Politics’ 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

The road hugged the high slopes, sometimes obscured in cloud, in sunny places allowing glimpses into lush valleys below, so deep they seemed like abysses. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

To her classmates, professors and even her romantic partners, this dazzling performance is sometimes inscrutable; unfortunately for the reader, Gyasi sometimes obscures Gifty from us as well. In Yaa Gyasi’s New Novel, a Young Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family’s Pain 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Routinely, Buckley would rattle off the names of sidemen on this recording or that one, then reach for the record and spin it, before soliloquizing on other sessions, famous or obscure. Auctioning Chicago history: DJ Dick Buckley's collection 2011-02-14T14:51:00Z

He is both ubiquitous and obscure, a cipher who pops up in the most unexpected places. Future and the Art of Flooding the Market 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it’s not big enough to obscure the Apple logo entirely. In Capitalism’s Clutch, and Exploring Its Contradictions 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Last month, in Wired, Adrian Chen published a vivid story about an obscure group of dot-com workers. Censoring Twitter 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Jellyfish, rips, reefs, obscured rockpools, maybe the occasional shark sighting thrown in for drama. Getting dumped: the humiliating nostalgia of a beachside wipeout 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Memory is notoriously unreliable, so I am hoping that mine quickly expunges any recollection of “Memory Rings,” an obscure, whimsy-sprinkled dance-theater work about, well, I’m not sure what. Review: ‘Memory Rings.’ Forget About It. 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

But the best samples collapse music’s past and present into one moment, and light up paths that like-minded listeners can follow backward into music history — to the obscure, the forgotten, the I’ve-heard-it-before-but-not-like-that. You May Not Know These 15 Songs. But You’ve Heard Them. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

So I obscured the text completely and mirrored it. Home of Metal turns the Midlands up to 11 2011-07-10T20:30:02Z

“I like to be kind of edgy, feminine but also masculine, kind of like obscuring the gender identity in a way.” | Video: Street Style in Oakland, California 2014-04-26T00:59:59Z

But Mr. Rumsfeld’s snowflakes obscure more than clarify, and, in many cases, that was their purpose. ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z

There is a world of cooked puddings — sticky toffee, steamed carrot, plum —but I imagine for many they remain obscure. The Menuist: An avocado chocolate pudding from Abbott Kinney that everybody will love 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Suggestions from avid language-watchers have begun in earnest, with topical, useful, obscure, and just plain ugly words among them. War of wordcraft: invitation to write dictionary puts language nerds on alert 2012-07-18T11:08:04Z

Early on, the members also claimed they used stage names as a way of obscuring their identities. Chai, a Band With an Ethos, an Aesthetic and a Sound All Its Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

The actors on the full-size plinth, obscured here by the miniature one for animation, are slightly soft, due mainly to their movement. Happy Birthday Ray Harryhausen: Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Jason and the Argonauts 2012-06-29T12:00:26Z

For Americans he became an obscure footnote, a formidable artist whose works never reached the New World. Music Review: Franz Schreker Opera Gets Its Chance at SummerScape 2010-08-02T21:57:00Z

Mothers resemble their daughters-in-law instead of their own children, and lineage becomes confused, obscure. She Tumbled Into a Hole, and Her World Broke Open 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

With a few pieces of obscure trivia or alleged historical interpretations, he could make compelling arguments that "things aren't always what they seem," especially when it comes to Catholicism. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

Although visually and emotionally captivating, all this obscures scandalous details that a more conventional documentary would bring to light. Amie Siegel: ‘Provenance’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

If the itch to hear this and other obscure Porter songs in something resembling their original context becomes irresistible, by all means check out “Nymph Errant.” Theater Review: Cole Porter’s ‘Nymph Errant’ Is Revived 2012-07-13T22:47:11Z

If guests are motivated they can organize a boat trip to another, even more obscure island, or go snorkeling. Next Stop: Nikoi Island Offers Splendid Isolation 2010-04-29T21:58:00Z

Or was he mainly a painter and sculptor whose frenetic genre-bending and wildly eccentric visual style obscured his seriousness? Rammellzee?s Work and Reputation Re-emerge 2012-02-24T02:36:40Z

No citation is too obscure, which sometimes produces more explication and pedantry than is good for fiction. A novel in love with movies and movie love 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Sales for the top-12 films fell to their lowest level in almost a year, a fitting coda to a summer lineup whose weak performance was obscured by the 3D boom. Clooney outdraws "Machete" at holiday box office 2010-09-06T16:45:00Z

“It’s a totally obscure song that I first heard when I was 13, sung by a cabaret singer named Portia Nelson,” Mr. Schreiber said. She Sang. So Did His Heart. 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

"You've no idea how the audience is going to react, you just hold your breath," she says, anxiously pressing her hands together, her face partially obscured by a curtain of dyed carmine red hair. Kick-Ass Jane 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

While most hours are terrible, rote or entirely mediocre, there are gems that would have remained entirely obscure in previous eras. Three New Stand-Up Specials, Three Very Different Approaches 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

He was, Gordon-Reed and Onuf conclude, a man with “the capacity we all have to tell stories about ourselves that obscure, elide, and overlook unpleasant truths.” ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

One way of preserving things is to assign them the blanket positive value of preciousness, which can override and obscure realities of history, and make objects with dubious provenance look innocent. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

The story itself was a Brechtian take on a relatively obscure unsolved murder in 1942 Los Angeles; its climax involved a humiliating assault on a Latino man by racist United States servicemen. ‘Zoot Suit,’ a Pioneering Chicano Play, Comes Full Circle 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The crime story, according to Didion, is "devised to obscure not only the city's actual tensions of race and class but also, more significantly, the civic and commercial arrangements that rendered those tensions irreconcilable." Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The quick but intimate encounter between buyer and seller is frozen in time, but the faces are obscured. 'The Gildless Age': A different tale of the '1 percent' at the Torrance Art Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

It includes early tracks by Super Furry Animals, Catatonia and Gorky's alongside more obscure gems. Label of love: Ankst 2010-05-06T10:34:00Z

At 21, Nancy came into a small fortune, thanks to her grandfather and an obscure cousin; Larry, too, had a decent allowance. Amateurs in Eden by Joanna Hodgkin ? review 2012-02-10T22:45:01Z

Dean’s pointedly minimalist staging is striking for its sheer stylistic economy, although one wishes he had not signed off on Jean-Yves Tessier’s murky lighting design, which tends to obscure the actors’ faces at important junctures. Just in time for Halloween: An ingenious twist on an old-school ghost story 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Otherwise the stage director Luke Leonard made outstanding use of limited space, deploying his vocalists in front of and behind an onstage orchestra usually obscured by a translucent scrim. Music Review: ‘The Turn of the Screw,’ by Opera Moderne, at Symphony Space 2012-05-28T22:04:32Z

That self-effacement almost obscures the high levels of creativity and skill required to make everything at King appear so simple. Glugs of Olive Oil, Flurries of Cheese and Two New Menus Every Day 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Compounding the puzzle, as Bauer writes, is the fact that “within the period eventually obscured by childhood amnesia, children had remarkably rich autobiographies.” Perspective | What happens to our lost childhood memories? Motherhood sent me looking for answers. 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Focused on a friend group of low-ranking crew members assigned to an obscure support vessel, “Lower Decks” practices a lighter version of the transgressive, cynical humor in “Rick and Morty.” Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

And though Steffani is obscure now, his vocal writing strongly influenced Handel’s. ArtsBeat: Boston Festival a Paradise for Early-Music Fans 2011-06-14T20:19:55Z

You may not be aware of how innovative "Joker" or "Frozen" were, but you have knowledge of obscure films, and your taste can run to the obscure. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

“A Loss of Roses” is a curio, but one that’s obscure for good reason. William Inge’s Revised ‘A Loss of Roses’ at St. Clement’s 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

But the accessibility of Mr. Petty’s work shouldn’t obscure the nuance that was often just below the surface. Listen to 14 Essential Tom Petty Songs 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Thirty years after Robert Mapplethorpe’s death, the legend still obscures the photographs. Has Robert Mapplethorpe’s Moment Passed? 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

Her gallery — dominated by figurative art — was obscured by the advent of Abstract Expressionism and its dealers in the ’50s. A Forgotten Pioneer’s Art World Is Resurrected at the Jewish Museum 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Think for one second about all the TV you don’t watch – home renovation reality shows, dramatic re-enactments of obscure civil war battles, bass fishing highlights, and whatever the hell Freeform is. The worst TV pilots ever: a Waterworld prequel, drag-racing PIs and furry fetish 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

It also obscures the degree to which the United States bears responsibility for contributing to, rather than impeding, militarization and mayhem after 1945. An American century of carnage: Measuring violence in a single superpower world 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

It was not unusual, he said in 1955, for him to pace a room singing an obscure bassoon line during the six hours a day he studied. A Conductor’s Career, Cut Short, Still Blazes on Recordings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

Another wears a suit fully composed of brown sticks, the head obscured from within a dark hole that looks like a periscope fashioned from a tree trunk. Nick Cave Goes Underground 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

Here, in one of the poorest countries in the world, even the most basic resources and funding are difficult to find anywhere – let alone in the forgotten gymnasium of an obscure sport. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z

Still, it would be a pity if the spikiness of Penn’s manners were allowed to obscure the worth of his deeds. T Magazine: The Accidental Activist 2011-03-25T19:21:15Z

The worst sin of the pop culture nerd is to automatically assume that something is funny by mere fact that there's an obscure cultural reference," and cited "Family Guy and "South Park" as frequent offenders. Should comedy worry about its shelf life? 2011-03-14T14:30:00Z

Outside South-East Asian circles, Anderson’s prolific and diverse output is more obscure. Indonesian scholar 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

In “Lost Children Archive,” for instance, Still Waters in a Storm is mentioned, as are Haff, obscure Italian writers and Ezra Pound. Valeria Luiselli, At Home in Two Worlds 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Just a few months before his father entered the presidential race, Don Jr. was dabbling as a guest host of infomercials where he would interview executives marketing temporary office rentals and obscure construction techniques. Donald Trump Jr. and the future of Trumpism: He upended expectations four years ago. What is he now? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

“Niggardly,” of course, is an old English word, admittedly obscure, defined as “grudgingly mean about spending.” “You want me to take f**king out of the Scrabble dictionary?” 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z

As dozens of families around us gorged on spangled roast goose we wondered what obscure European holiday we were witnessing. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

The last word on the envelope, obviously meant to be “death,” is obscured. Antiques: Michael Cardew, British Ceramist, Is Subject of a Biography 2012-12-21T05:27:15Z

In this one, a New York premiere, not all of those media — movement, projections and more — seemed necessary, sometimes obscuring more than informing one another. Zoe/Juniper’s ‘BeginAgain Installed’ at 3LD Art 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Forensic science and other sombre, obscure studies of that nature are taking over the plot lines in our bookshelves... The Last Wild by Piers Torday - review 2013-03-17T12:00:00Z

On the face of it, we’re a chemical disruption on the surface of a small rock in an obscure part of the galaxy. 'She said the boat's been found and he's not on it': Donald Crowhurst's final voyage, by his son 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

At The Bitter Southerner, Asher Elbein steps into the obscure world of Pentecostal serpent handling, a practice that transforms snakes from “dangerous vermin or vague symbols of evil” into “conduits for the will of God.” Weekend Reading: God’s Snakes, Survival Stories, and More 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

Certainly, it’s worthwhile to consider our collective obsession with the lives of affluent, beautiful people and how this obscures other kinds of compelling narratives. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

With Fox’s current effort Fantastic Four receiving largely derisive reviews, it looks as if the studio might have a winner on its hands with a rather more obscure proposition. Deadpool trailer is rude, crude and dangerously entertaining 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

During the semifinal rounds, more and more spellers were baffled by obscure words. Fist pumps, visualization carry youngsters into U.S. spelling finals 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

But a cult of Psaki has proliferated online, where clips of her restrained, if occasionally withering exchanges with reporters have established this once obscure political strategist as an unlikely cultural force. Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Clouds obscured most of the stars, good for the next day’s skiing, though we did get some glimpses of the moon through one of the three telescopes. Utah Powder and Steeps, Without the Crowds 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The production is a commendable attempt to shine a light into an obscure byway of the classical canon, but memorably moving or memorably funny it is not. | 'The Forest': Dianne Wiest Tries ?The Forest? at Classic Stage 2010-05-07T03:50:00Z

The whiteout obscured everything; the sky and road were indistinguishable. Experience: I almost died in a blizzard 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

All of it migrates out of the body, out of a tangle of sensations and intuitions, obscure rancor and desires; we hunt racks of ready-made language for words that might fit. ‘Survival Math’ Opens Some Personal Wounds but Leaves Others Hidden 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Redesigns are a way to engage readers and tempt advertisers, as also seen in the subscriber version of the new Bazaar, which has a sidelong shot of Gwyneth Paltrow, her face obscured. Front Row: Fashion Changes, and So Do the Magazines 2012-02-01T17:07:51Z

But the sensationalism has, unfortunately, obscured some of the things we might be able to change, if we started talking about justice and equality more than we talk about certain doom. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

The Stockwell Park estate, in Lambeth, is a dense complex of low-rise apartment blocks, built around courtyards and littered with small stairwells and obscure corners. Rio's slum project comes to the Southbank - via Lambeth 2010-08-10T15:00:00Z

In Italy, Franco Zambonelli, a computer scientist, designed a cloak covered in lenses and projectors—100,000 per square metre—that would simultaneously capture and project whatever the cloak is obscuring. All that is unseen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

In this vast, sunlit space, Analogue creates electronic dance music that centers high-speed drums and obscure audio samples — an idiosyncratic sound that’s equally of-the-moment and forward-looking. Suzi Analogue Wants Black Women in Experimental Music to Never Compromise 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z

He also reveals the Dalai Lama to be a sophisticated thinker and consummate scholar, one whose feet remain firmly on the ground, a trait often obscured by his broken English. Who Is the Dalai Lama? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

So what’s supposed to be an open information system serves to obscure the source of the musician. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z

Rendered this way, it’s impossible to tell what is his and what is hers, and this blurriness obscures what would otherwise be a fascinating presentation. Review | Amanda Gorman’s ‘Call Us What We Carry’ is as powerful as ‘The Hill We Climb’ 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

Part of Reef’s appeal is in the obscure seafood from the gulf that Mr. Caswell has gotten his hands on, and part in the inspired quasi-Texan spins he’s come up with. 2010-02-06T04:46:00Z

This social geometry is Pope.L’s way of exploring inequalities that are often obscured by layers of complicity, guilt, inaction, and a sense of inevitability. Crawling Through New York City with the Artist Pope.L 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Of the many obscure, unpublished, unrecorded works from Marshall’s catalog, my favorite is a setting of Emily Dickinson’s “As Imperceptibly as Grief” — particularly because it feels almost secret. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

“It’s a story in an obscure Cape Town township, but now that story is everywhere.” Searching for a Promised Land in South Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

But starting in the 1980s, the Pesaro festival — which ended on Friday — pursued the scholarly rediscovery of even Rossini’s most obscure compositions, together with a dedication to teaching the magnificent fireworks of Rossinian style. Pesaro’s Opera Festival Accelerated Rossini’s Renaissance 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Given that the audience for obscure 38-year-old TV shows is probably small, the new DVD set is being offered online on a manufactured-on-demand basis. Borscht Belt Sherwood Forest 2013-07-19T18:43:48Z

Both scenes employ a distinctive formal trick, the former using mirrors to distort perception and the latter panning left and right to simulate a shot-reverse shot conversation obscured by train seats. Unbreakable at 20: the film that finally took superheroes seriously 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

Griffith’s hardly obscure “Orphans of the Storm,” for instance, is not about “children in peril.” Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

It was May the first time I visited Copenhagen, and I thought the general air of festivity was a fluke: Had my stay coincided with some obscure Danish holiday? Seven Places in Europe We Call Home 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trevelyan’s accounts of his forebears’ role in British history covered well-known historic episodes as well as obscure ones that were telling about imperial rule. Raleigh Trevelyan, Chronicler of a Notable Family, Dies at 91 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z

So we need to teach our students how to identify wholly false news stories by their tell-tale signs: obscure URLs, unknown authors and so on. Schools, lies and Donald Trump: Teachers must resist emulating our fact-challenged president 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

Over the years, I have put a lot of distance between this memory and myself but it is deeply seeded in some obscure niche in my brain. Looking back on New Labour: Peter Akinti 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

“But it’s not nostalgia — I wish I’d heard all these obscure records when I was a little kid.” Billy Miller, Curator and Historian of Fringe Music, Dies at 62 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

“These comments may be heartfelt, but there’s very little substance. It obscures the complexity of generational difference,” says Jay Sokolovsky, a cultural anthropologist at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. It was the year of ‘OK boomer,’ and the generations were at each other’s throats 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

I also wanted to give a sense of the work involved in becoming an astronaut, which movies tend to obscure – the sweaty hands, the vomit on the shirt, the dirty, gritty, cobbled-together aspect of it. Damien Chazelle: ‘I liked doing something that was the polar opposite of La La Land’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

The result is a massive entertainment that illuminates an obscure corner of British history with intelligence and great narrative energy. Review | Ken Follett’s ‘Pillars of the Earth’ prequel is just as transporting — and lengthy — as his famous epic 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

This was a potent reminder, not at all an obscure one, of how gays were marked by the Nazis in the camps. Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Sex has a way of getting all the attention; in this case, it obscures that, page by page, this is less a story about coupling than it is one about work. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

“The academy is filled with eccentric people,” she says, “because they spend years studying some obscure thing and then you toss them into a committee and say, ‘Everybody get along.’ Review | Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

Still, not every passer-by is necessarily interested in, much less inspired by, the puzzling forms and obscure ideas usually found in contemporary art. Outdoor Sculpture and More in the New York Region 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The 1917 law, once obscure, is so broadly worded that it might well serve the purpose. Perspective | Trump’s wish to jail reporters is more than possible. Ask his international friends. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Big or small, celebrated or obscure, many National Park Service sites will mark the 100th in events related to volunteering, the arts, history and, of course, nature. Celebrating the National Park Centennial 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

For the Left, identity politics has long been a means to “confront rather than obscure the uglier aspects of American history and society”. How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

The valorisation of Burns as a unique, unrepeatable phenomenon of a writer obscures even further their achievements. Burns is not the only bard 2013-01-25T12:40:39Z

"An old takeaway menu, a family letter or album or an obscure journal might hold the key to solving one of those mysteries." Dictionary traces blue-arsed fly 2012-10-05T13:02:59Z

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the prestigious and peculiarly French cinema gathering now underway, many of the hottest titles don't come from an obscure group of Europeans, as they have so often before. American actors and directors projected to shine at Cannes 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

"Why," he writes, "from beginnings in equally obscure academic publications, had parental investment theory come to permeate cultural assumptions over recent decades while monkey realities remained much less known?" What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire by Daniel Bergner – review 2013-07-11T09:00:00Z

The recent enthusiasm for the long-tail market does, however, obscure a very basic economic fact: very few writers and independent publishers can survive in the long tail. Are books dead, and can authors survive? 2011-08-22T16:21:14Z

Worsham was an obscure Southern belle who married the railroad magnate Collis Huntington, in 1884, at the age of thirty-three, a promotion from mistress to wife that would make her America’s richest woman. A Tribute to Women Who Reinvent Themselves, in Two Wardrobes at the Met 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Her characters are constantly obscured by dust clouds or falling into shadow as they nose, incrementally, towards the heart of the matter. Cannes 2019 week one roundup: zombies, babies and a sleeping Bill Murray 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

While the orthodox condemned him, the implication that errors were embedded in church tenets made him a hero to some, including an obscure young man seeking certitude in a monastery in Wittenberg. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Maybe it reflects an ultra-sophisticated form of Orientalism, or maybe it's just "Mekons syndrome," meaning the critic's tendency to overvalue obscure material beloved primarily by other critics. Best of Cannes: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" 2010-05-22T20:45:00Z

In fact, it was a pretty obscure, hidden war. The former head of USAID on the consequences of war and famine 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

All that amusement at obscure British words helps explain why half the people over here don't understand a word I'm saying. SXSW 2011: My Tabloid expos? 2011-03-15T17:39:42Z

Through “Spirits’ Homecoming,” Mr. Cho hopes to refocus attention on a historical issue that at times has been obscured by politics. From Cho Junglae, a Film on Japanese Wartime Brothels 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

We see into Graham's inner world, and yet much of it remains obscured. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z

These career diplomats, bureaucrats, keepers of obscure but incredibly important knowledge, swore to tell the truth and then sat at the wooden table to face the House Intelligence Committee. Perspective | Their testimony was pointed. Their clothes were reassuringly dull. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

But this isn't a consequence of his celebrity; allegations of the same kind have been made against obscure academic historians in the past as well. The death of celebrity historians is much exaggerated 2012-05-27T21:00:01Z

Robin Williams' children responded in a filing on Jan. 21, alleging that Susan Williams was deliberately attempting to obscure the language of the documents to secure more of the estate for herself. Robin Williams widow, children in legal battle over estate 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Lang Lang’s performance of two of Mozart’s piano concertos with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday started sourly, with playing that justified criticism of his outsize celebrity and obscured his considerable gifts. Lang Lang Shares the Spotlight With the Philharmonic 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

He also elaborates on the difference between movies shot in Hong Kong, where Mr. Chan was often given months to get scenes right, and those made by American directors, which sometimes obscure the actor’s genius. Jackie Chan: The Fists, the Fury, the Oscar 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it's fair to say that his political adventures have tended to obscure the very real achievements of his novels and their manifest literary ambition. Mario Vargas Llosa: an unclassifiable Nobel winner 2010-10-08T10:50:00Z

Over the next decade he produced many vehemently anti-establishment portraits of patriarchs with faces violently disfigured or obscured by geometric and corporate signs. Art Review: Llyn Foulkes Retrospective Opens at the New Museum 2013-06-20T23:05:46Z

Yet focusing on what a wine signifies obscures the reality of the wines and the place. California Cabernet Beyond the Stereotypes 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

It raged about suspicious Sharpies in Arizona, about “irregularities” and “anomalies” in Georgia, about weaponized pizza boxes used to obscure democracy in Michigan, about “mathematical impossibilities” in Wisconsin, about ghosts in Philadelphia. It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

It might surprise some that Ms. Duca — who in the past two months has gone from a relatively obscure freelance journalist to a national newsmaker — is susceptible to the jitters. Even the Teen Vogue Writer Who Took on Trump Gets Stage Fright 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

The lineup includes mainstream features and more obscure pieces. Washington Immigration Film Festival presents stories behind the statistics

Psychologically layered, peppered with lies and evasions, this is a relationship study whose fragmented, circular structure obscures more than you might expect. ‘The Approach’ Review: Three Women and the Men Who Define Them 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z

And besides, couldn’t a more obscure, non-Western author have been granted this colossal boost? A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

And Martin Scorsese has described an obscure sequel, “Frankenstein Created Woman,” as “close to something sublime.” Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z

Of course, my novel “The Sympathizer” is not obscure at the moment because of the Pulitzer Prize. Essay by Viet Thanh Nguyen: On uselessness 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

As online circles of model horse enthusiasts grow from obscure corners of the internet into flourishing communities, so too does the fervor of their members. Giddy Up, Girlfriend! 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

A little more recently, it meant finding obscure chat rooms. Game of Thrones Research: Can 18 Million Viewers Be Niche? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

The exhibition showcases the Steins’ collection, with both well-known and obscure images that total around 200 paintings, sculpture and works on paper. The Week Ahead 2012-02-24T20:02:05Z

Comparing movies with their literary sources isn’t always useful, but it’s instructive that while the book validates Q’s ordinariness, the movie tries to obscure it. Review: ‘Paper Towns’ Tries to Fold Significance Into the Everyday 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Seen via the taxi driver’s mirror, Poitier’s head obscures locked lips. Cinematic smackers: the most significant kisses in film history 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

I understood the impulse; as a teenager, I wrote short stories based on a relatively obscure novel that had managed to inspire a film and a short-lived television show. It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

While it is available online and at some specialty stores in the United States, it remains a relatively obscure ingredient to Americans. A Bite-Size Square of Canada’s History, Culture and Craving 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

But the most compelling episodes are often those that focus on obscure figures, like the fearsome Russian empress Anna Ioannovna, who constructed a palace out of ice, which she then used as a torture chamber. 5 Podcasts About the Royal Family 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

Puddles grow into ponds that obscure the bike route. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z

These lovingly crafted handbills commemorate individual concerts by bands that include well-regarded indies such as the National and Spoon and obscure underground acts such as Thee Oh Sees and Beach House . ‘OMG Posters: A Decade of Rock Art’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Documentary films on niche or obscure subjects are now able to find mass audiences on a growing number of platforms including cable TV, streaming services such as Netflix and video on demand. 'The Jinx' finale, Robert Durst and documentaries as judge and jury 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The painting, Towles tells me, is actually of an obscure French archaeologist and anthropologist, acquired at an estate sale like most of the other art in the room. Amor Towles: A gentleman in New York 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

It’s liberating to watch all these obscure sports and not feel as if you had to take a crash course in how they’re played so that you can try to gauge who’s going to win. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Columbo’ Approach to NBC’s Late-Night Olympics Coverage 2012-08-10T16:18:28Z

He encouraged children to be their most enthusiastic, overexcitable selves, to pursue their obscurest passions with every fiber of their being, to laugh so loudly it grates on everyone in earshot. SpongeBob at 20: how the pineapple-dwelling fry cook endured 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Colker's striking, athletic yet accessible works struck a chord with international audiences who found contemporary dance too obscure. Step-by-step guide to dance: Deborah Colker 2010-04-14T10:14:00Z

Instead, he sought to illuminate a life artfully constructed and deliberately obscured by its owner — a life that, as Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass,” contained “multitudes.” Justin Kaplan, Literary Biographer, Dies at 88 2014-03-04T05:34:11Z

People say New York has changed, but things like that still do exist, especially on the obscure side streets. Roz Chast in Full View (Body Scan Included) 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

He explains the scan and rhyming structure, and uses footnotes to clarify obscure street slang. Jay-Z: good from the hood 2010-11-20T00:03:00Z

Blood, Salt, Water,” however, is so relentless in exploring the despair that blankets Morrow’s corner of Scotland that the suspense plot becomes obscured. Denise Mina’s ‘Blood, Salt, Water’: An atmospheric, chilling thriller 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Crucially, the myth of the model minority obscures the struggles of working-class Asian Americans holding menial jobs who also face discrimination on socio-economic grounds. Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: Asian Americans speaking out against police brutality 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

In fact, you shouldn’t, because who wants to obscure a really wonderful champagne with other flavors? How to enjoy your own holiday party: Set up a DIY champagne cocktail bar 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

‘WHO? WEEKLY’ A new class of barely recognizable “celebrities” has come to dominate tabloid coverage, and the hosts Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber are here to guide you through their obscure self-promotional world. The Best New Podcasts of 2016 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

Were filters used to obscure the dangers of cigarettes? Design: Who Made That Cigarette Filter? 2012-07-08T04:27:04Z

The attack was touched off by an obscure movie made in the United States by a filmmaker who calls Islam a "cancer." Libya attack victim remembered by online gamers 2012-09-12T22:13:10Z

Rudian thinks, “Everything was so obscure,” and how could it be otherwise? Review | A fierce masterpiece by Albania’s most eminent novelist, Ismail Kadare 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

But it’s also a reputation that, particularly in America, has tended to obscure his complications. Pope Benedict the liberal? 2013-02-12T20:02:00Z

The mundane sights of tourists obscure the history of the camps, and scenes of crowds at ease today are a reminder that similar crowds were massacred there 70 years ago. Sergei Loznitsa’s Movie ‘Austerlitz’ Observes Tourists in Concentration Camps 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Mike Sacks is a 49-year-old successful, if slightly obscure humor writer. A writer mined his ’80s adolescence in the D.C. suburbs. Then came the Kavanaugh hearings. 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

Proving there is nothing like a scandal to get bums on seats, the hot ticket at this year's was a documentary by an obscure German director about the jailed Russian oligarch . Khodorkovsky ? the unexpected Berlin film festival hit 2011-02-15T00:29:13Z

On Sunday, two D.C. groups reminded audiences how much more is worth hearing by opening their seasons with two obscure works by famous composers. Review | Lost heroes return in two local concerts 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

And ultimately the paucity of substance is obscured by meaty acting becomes this drama's undoing, and no, that is not a pun. Bryan Cranston is breaking bad in familiar ways for Showtime's dark thriller "Your Honor" 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z

We cannot put the statue immediately outside New Broadcasting House as the BBC piazza already has artwork by Mark Pimlott built into the pavement which would be obscured. BBC George Orwell statue turned down as 'too left-wing' 2012-08-22T15:08:08Z

How do you represent an obscure tome composed of nonrepresentational, noncorresponding text and images? Review: ‘Hand Foot Fizzle Face’ Explores Futility and Disconnection 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Four decades after its release, “Lavender Country” had sparked chatter among obscure record collectors and the label wanted to reissue it. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

But he faces an obscure future as a footnote in Shakespeare studies, associated with serious damage to one of the finest of the 230 known surviving copies of the first printed collection of the plays. Raymond Scott guilty of handling stolen folio of Shakespeare's plays 2010-07-09T17:08:00Z

The intricacies of the memorial were somewhat obscured from the street. I’d visited the Armenian Genocide memorial to remember the dead — and now it, too, is gone 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

Those elements might be present, but they’re never allowed to obscure what is essentially an empathetic, textured portrait of loneliness and loss. ‘Skyman’ Review: Ready for an Alien Reunion 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Tesfaye, 31, is interested in world-building, and he remains obscure — at this point, evolving past strategic anonymity into full-scale character work — hiding behind hits. The Endless Pop Shimmers of the Weeknd 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

A voracious reader of the morbid and obscure, Mr. Tsang began scouring books and online texts for inspiration. Tsang Kin-wah Channels His Outrage in a New Show 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Cash's handwritten lyrics to dozens of obscure or unrecorded songs abound. Johnny Cash memorabilia up for auction in L.A. 2010-10-26T02:26:00Z

It wasn’t until the summer of 2020 that the tragic nature of this obscure door resonated with the sobering reminder on the marquee. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

Mr. Harper was famously obscure, working as an industrial designer from 1947 to 1963 for George Nelson, who was often credited with the company’s creations for the Herman Miller furniture line. Irving Harper, Creator of the Marshmallow Sofa, Dies at 99 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

Indeed, there are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and “learning” is such a word. Three New Books Explore the Machinery of the Mind 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

The lesson of history is too easily forgotten, obscured or altered, and worse, fewer professionals than ever are positioning themselves to pass that information along. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

He soon moved on from cabernet, working with varietals that were then obscure, like merlot and syrah, or no varietals at all, blending grapes and vintages to get the taste he liked. Sean Thackrey, Creator of Eccentric California Wines, Dies at 79 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

This wasn’t some obscure, draconian fish fork matter. Michelle Obama, where are your table manners? 2013-01-22T16:35:00Z

If it delivers on that promise, "Guardians" will show that the Walt Disney Co studio can score with its more obscure comics like it has with the popular "Iron Man" and "Captain America." Marvel cranks up sarcasm and 70s sound for 'Guardians of Galaxy' 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Golden Globes often are hailed as a key Oscars barometer despite a very small votership of about 80 critics for largely obscure foreign outlets. "True Grit," Golden Globes lead Oscar losers 2011-02-28T06:35:18Z

In this age of heightened sensitivity to neurodiversity, one of the most uncomfortable notions you can raise about Asperger’s is that it can cruelly obscure the most basic elements of personality. Review: In ‘Switched On,’ John Elder Robison’s Asperger’s Brain Is Changed 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

A series of staircases and ramps and catwalks have been created to lead you to and through shelves and more shelves of titles popular and obscure. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z

So, these authors conclude, we need a new cadre of "algorithmists", people who scrutinise code for its obscured political choices. To Save Everything, Click Here by Evgeny Morozov – review 2013-03-20T08:01:01Z

But the online exhibit’s curators hope that visitors will be able to identify stamps from some of the more obscure libraries and family collections, helping to reveal the full extent of the plunder. ArtsBeat: Online Exhibit Tracks Books Saved by the Real-Life Monuments Men 2014-02-11T18:06:53Z

Angie, played by the terrific Jessica Johnson with razor-sharp edges that do not obscure her character’s humanity, is the toughest of the lot. Review: ‘Key Change’ Hears From Women in Prison 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

He’s lying in a hospital bed, viewed from above, his eyes obscured by bandages. David Bowie, Master of the Music Video 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Taking a bow at the end of a show on Tuesday, in which models’ faces were obscured behind neoprene ski masks, the German-born designer Robert Geller wore a sweatshirt that read: “Immigrant.” Fashion Statement: Dissent on the Runway 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Other memorabilia included handwritten lyrics to dozens of obscure or unrecorded songs. Johnny Cash jumpsuit fetches $50,000 at auction 2010-12-06T07:57:00Z

It’s more like the fourth wall is a game of Tetris and it keeps building itself up and then magically disappearing but then obscuring and revealing itself in different patterns. Lady Dynamite: Maria Bamford’s experimental comedy does meta better 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Belushi’s obscure final movies, “Continental Divide” and “Neighbors,” provide evidence for either route. John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

But this new chapter also pulls from an unusual source: “Beast Wars: Transformers,” a somewhat obscure Canadian television show that ran from 1996 to 1999. How It Takes an Old ‘Beast Wars’ to Make a New ‘Transformers’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

This controversy, however, should not obscure the fine personal and historical story Mr. Dittrich tells, which remains the most interesting material in the book. ‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Strong also emphasizes that cultural attitudes that only accept some people's particularly sympathetic reasons for having abortions implicitly or explicitly shame others' reasons, and have consequently obscured how common abortion is. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Not only is your obscured smile still discernible, but it will also help you find the energy for the nod, wave or hello that will seal the sentiment. Yes, you should smile behind your mask. Here’s why. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Issues with balance meant that the banter of the miners was all but obscured by the blaring brass. La Fanciulla del West 2010-08-25T21:15:00Z

Celebrating in modest style, the park’s rangers tweeted a photo showing one holding a piece of cardboard with “park” written on it, obscuring the word “lakeshore” on the entrance sign. Crusade ends as Indiana Dunes becomes newest national park in US 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Above all she notices minor characters, ordinary people, obscure onlookers to the main action whom other readers might not have spotted. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z

That Emily Dickinson was among the most dazzling of these is not disputable, but to say that she was obscure in her own time would exaggerate her celebrity. Review: ‘A Quiet Passion’ Poetically Captures Emily Dickinson 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Same thing with some photographers — they’ll go to some obscure intellectual reference, and I’ll have to say, “Please dumb it down.” Two Hairstylists on Respect and Navigating Egos (Hint: It’s Not the Celebrities) 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Once Butina enters and the proceedings begin, he starts to sketch her sitting hunched over the edge of the defense table with big black-framed glasses obscuring her face. This court artist has drawn everyone from Manafort to RBG. Will his craft survive? 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

The trade-off is, purposely making yourself sound obscure can turn into a self-fulfilling prophesy.” No One Forgets a Fashion Labels Name When It’s Strange 2013-02-06T22:27:56Z

“Hamnet” is an exploration of marriage and grief written into the silent opacities of a life that is at once extremely famous and profoundly obscure. Shakespeare Lost His Son to Plague. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Turning a corner toward the airport, the glare was so blinding, I could only make out small details in a panorama that remained mostly obscured. Confused in California 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

It is a story, one that by its very nature obscures, embellishes and omits certain facts and details. Historian Anthony Harkins on the real story of white poverty and "Hillbilly Elegy" 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

MOODY: Vernon is the only one to write a song without any help in this category, but as hauntingly beautiful as "Holocene" is, it's a little too obscure to really win here. Will Adele be the belle of the Grammy ball? 2012-02-10T03:01:04Z

Too often the nervous skirmishes of opening night obscure a production's bigger ambitions, for the benefit of those racing to dismiss it all out of hand. Carmen; Juan Diego Fl?rez ? review 2011-01-23T00:06:31Z

But too narrow a fascination with the goods obscures the Shaker message of a life lived in the service of God. A New Set of Tastemakers Finds Inspiration in Shakers 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

Eventually his shows started to have more of an impact on the museum scene and on the careers of previously obscure artists like Hirst, Emin and the Chapmans. 2009-12-03T23:00:00Z

Or as Folger’s artistic director, Janet Griffin, said to me one time, in reference to another of Shakespeare’s obscurer dramas, “Pericles”: “We are looking for what the play is saying to us today.” Perspective | Dumbing down Shakespeare: Are Americans too intellectually lazy to appreciate his genius? 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

The mock-Homeric recitation of the list of his party guests is also obscured by an overlay of jazz music. Gatz – review 2012-06-14T06:00:06Z

But he remains stubbornly obscure in the United States. Book review: ‘J,’ by Howard Jacobson, is a chilling tale of our anti-Semitic future

In the teeming schedules of the two festivals it might have easily been many another minor master, now obscure. ArtsBeat: Some Misses and Hits at Boston Early Music Festival 2013-06-16T19:31:07Z

Even for Beatles fans, this is a rather obscure episode. John Lennon's Spain Sojourn Becomes a Film (Without Lennon) 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

The connection of Mr. Tune’s character to the rest of the gang, incidentally, remains almost wholly obscure. ‘Lady, Be Good!,’ an Encores! Version of the Gershwins’ 1924 Hit 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Internet dating is still uncomfortable and bizarre, but those of us who are in and around our 30s, there’s the consciousness of obscuring ourselves behind a digital personality and being ourselves. If you have to ask: “How To Tell You’re a Douchebag” filmmaker on making his Twitter-era rom-com 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

In so doing, Scholem single-handedly turned an obscure theological tradition into a formal discipline, and challenged academia itself with a lush, alien spirituality. A Guide to Religious Anarchy: Gershom Scholem’s Kabbalah 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

We were fed the binding ethos that we were the heirs to years of tradition, taught the properties and mythology of each obscure liquor we would be selling. I’m not going back to work in restaurants — but only because I have a choice 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the darkness obscures their bodies into grainy silhouettes as they pace the stage in curves and straight lines. Review: Dancers Fighting for Their Place in a Dystopian World 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

Intrigued by Kamchatka’s mythical allure, we decided to make our last trip of a five-year assignment in Moscow to the region that most Russians consider the obscure end of their country. Forged by Volcanoes, Kamchatka Offers Majestic, Magnetic Wilds 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

I've long considered you — and I don't mean this negatively — an art film snob, with really obscure taste. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

In the foreground, spots of yellow suggest leaves on the black tree whose branches partially obscure the white lake beyond. Artist Douglas Cooper draws Seattle in black and white 2014-05-08T22:13:21Z

He found the going tough: later he would describe tutorials with DL Chapman as "painfully obscure" and with HJ George as "lifeless". Frank Greenaway obituary 2013-07-16T16:48:05Z

This “Woman” is dense with people and events, covering everything from Puritan poets to the pill to Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head; featuring reformers, revolutionaries and reactionaries both famous and obscure. ‘Woman’ Is an Ambitious Attempt to Capture Four Centuries of Being Female 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

A dozen stone and brick ruins lie hidden in the forest, obscured by ceiba trees and bougainvillea vines. 36 Hours in Vieques 2010-02-19T03:46:00Z

There are plenty of examples of obscure and fascinating things here — admirers of Foxy Grandpa can find him in these pages — but for well-known sources, Miller leans on his own loves a bit too hard. ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

His famous and capacious collection has a particular concentration on, he says, "obscure black pop music between 1958 and the mid-60s". The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

And in a corner, partially obscured by a wall, a mattress lies on the floor, the sheets tousled on top. Review: In Clare Barron’s ‘Shhhh,’ Staging a Memoir of the Body 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

Ricky Gervais, the master of ceremonies, broke the rule of paying homage to the obscure foreign journalists whose one lever of power are those awards. The TV Watch: Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 2011-01-17T05:43:03Z

In the opening sequence, a dappled, ashy form that appears to be a gnarled tree turns out to be a stone crucifix, partly obscured by pillowy snow, a forgotten Jesus in a godforsaken land. Review: Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight Revels in Snow, Not So Much in People 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

The entire building, which reads as dull grey concrete on an overcast day, is in fact wrapped in a diaphanous cocoon of textured glass – the kind usually used to obscure bathroom windows. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z

For reasons left obscure, this occurrence coincides with power failures and the appearance of inky black monoliths all over Earth. ‘Portals’ Review: Snoozing Through Another Dimension 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The brand names are as obscure now as Klosfit petticoats and Phosferine, an alcohol and quinine tonic said to cure “brain fog” and “nervous exhaustion.” Antiques: New Auctioneers Take Over for Tepper; Long-Ago Spokesmodels 2012-01-19T22:49:43Z

Young and naïve, Cleo possesses a tenacity that her fabulist inclinations sometimes obscure. Review: In ‘Rocket to the Moon,’ a Dentist Deals With a Midlife Crisis 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Shrouding all these expeditions is an urban smog that, in the manner of Sherlock Holmes’s London fog, obscures the truth. Review | In ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line,’ an unforgettable voice emerges from an Indian slum 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

I wanted to set a challenge for myself, and five men was a slightly obscure choice. It Was Justin Peck’s First ‘Rodeo,’ and He Turned It on Its Head 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

It’s fuzzy on whether Meyerism is an obscure sect or a global menace. Review: In ‘The Path,’ a Cult Is Only as Strong as Its Following 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

That shift in voice can obscure the novel’s intent — though to be fair, ambiguity may be the point. A Novel About Surrogacy, Set at a ‘Farm’ Where the Crop Is Human Babies 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

But this background fracas never seems more than an obscure digression detracting from the central story line of Berenger’s search for the killer. In ‘The Killer,’ Ionesco’s Everyman Seeks a Source of Evil 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

Centuries ago, more than 300 islands dotted the 482-mile-long Seine, from its source on an obscure plain in northeast Burgundy to its terminus on the Normandy coast. A River’s Tales: The Islands of the Seine 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

A few times, as in a scene in which Will walks around with an animal skull in front of his face, obscuring himself with the bony mask, the movie slips into strained poetry. Movie Review: ‘The Retrieval,’ a Civil War Drama 2014-04-01T22:46:50Z

How an obscure, violent novel held clues to an unsolved slaying. The Twenty-Five Most-Read New Yorker Archive Stories of 2018 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Particularly controversial was Mr. Deitch’s decision to cancel an exhibition of paintings by Jack Goldstein, an obscure California artist whose seminal work nevertheless remains a touchstone for artists here. Jeffrey Deitch Faces Critics at MOCA 2012-10-19T23:10:54Z

The mist obscured all clues of what lay ahead. Exploring Kauai’s Na Pali Coast by air, land and sea 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The San Francisco label Dark Entries has become a preeminent destination for bleak, obscure and transgressive electronic music. Around the Clubs: Dark Entries, Galcher Lustwerk and more 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bernard, an obscure figure now, made his considerable fortune by way of the least futuristic of technologies: He owned car dealerships. Pierre Cardin: He Dressed Jane Jetson and Lady Gaga 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

So Cannes 2014 is offering Jean-Luc Godard's sure to be obscure "Goodbye to Language" as well as the massively commercial "How to Train Your Dragon 2," both in 3-D. Opposites attract as the curtain rises on film festival 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

And obscure is good — just not too obscure. A Washington Halloween: It’s all politics in Dork City

Of course, my neighbors and I knew plenty about the actress in our midst, no matter that she had installed a bamboo fence to obscure her roof deck. Ill Doctrine 2012-06-11T15:44:00Z

At the start of “The Totalitarians,” a young man appears before us in a knitted mask that obscures his mouth and renders his opening speech pretty much unintelligible. ‘Totalitarians’: Woolly takes a risk and stumbles badly with a murky political satire

He has never stopped, although he knows it is “a very obscure dad hobby.” Judd Apatow, an Autograph Geek, Hunts for Memorabilia 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

Checking one’s e-mail is a great way to obscure, even from one’s self, the fact that a relationship is tepid. Personal Journeys: In Guatemala, a Torturous Drive to a Remote Eden 2012-09-14T16:37:56Z

The downside: Mr. Smith was not much of a singer, much less someone who could carry a musical, and his limitations may have obscured the show’s full potential. Rupert Goold Takes ‘American Psycho’ to New York 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

After she rises, ready, the obscuring fabric is removed, and she stands, her arms out like eagle wings, her eyes and neck running back and forth, drawing you in. Dance Review: ‘Being Becoming,’ by Malini Srinivasan, at Fringe Festival 2012-08-13T21:34:16Z

Just as important as the ink’s smooth, even application was its color: see-through yellow and pink, which both drew the eye and neatly delineated a piece of text without obscuring it. Who Made That?: The Hand-Held Highlighter 2012-01-22T08:45:49Z

He is using these to create an elliptical structure that obscures the corners of the venerated white box. Datebook: Digital manipulations, abstracted canvases, sculptures from trash 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, he's too reliant on cliches: girlfriends obscuring the screen when Match of the Day is on, Britishness denoted by the urge to apologise, and so on. An Audience with Imran Yusuf 2010-08-27T14:22:00Z

Bringing the rest of the country's stress level down to that of these calm cities starts with making stress-reduction techniques an everyday practice, rather than an obscure fad, says Santor. America's Most Relaxed Cities 2010-11-02T23:30:00Z

Anna’s intentions are fittingly obscure, but the development of an actual, recognizably human relationship between the two gives the film a pulse where there was once only blank-faced dark comedy. ‘Apples’ Review: Forget Me Not 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

They may look funky and imperfect, with obscure names like Aunt Ruby’s German green and Cherokee purple, but their true tomato flavor is what chefs look for when composing a meal. | A Chef in the Field: Sungold and Heirloom Tomatoes 2013-08-27T17:57:44Z

There is a lot to unpack here; the movie is a steamer trunk stuffed with big ideas, obscure grudges, intimate memories and inside jokes. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

“Deeply researched” doesn’t begin to describe how far into ancient texts and their subtexts, obscure cookbooks and corners of the internet Lebo excavated to tell us the stories of these fruits. Pick Your Poison: The Sweet, Sometimes Lethal Sides of Your Produce 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

As the baby boomers enter their seventies and Alzheimer’s disease becomes increasingly commonplace, more and more fiction writers are attempting to reach into that obscure space. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

For much of the last decade she’s been one of the most reliable songwriters in pop, a history that’s been obscured by the “Idol” juggernaut but was clear during this show. | Kara DioGuardi: Kara DioGuardi of ?American Idol? in Atlantic City Show 2010-04-11T22:08:00Z

I can name books that I think are fairly obscure. Fran Lebowitz: By the Book 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

So, it's a week off next week – some obscure religious holiday, can't remember it's name – then we're back with a new topic on 7 January. Happy Christmas from Readers recommend 2010-12-24T00:01:08Z

NOW Much less obscure poet of the New York School, at least when it comes to book sales. ‘Mad Men’ Enters Its Final Season in an Altered World 2014-04-11T21:56:36Z

The reason why the film is making such a splash is because it’s telling an everyday story that’s regularly ignored, obscured or disdained. Working class hero: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” is a must-see in the era of Brexit and Donald Trump 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

Though she freely inhabited the artistic skins of others, Ms. Sturtevant took immense pains to obscure the particulars of her own history. Elaine Sturtevant, Appropriation Artist, Is Dead at 89 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

To be clear, "hidden gems" is not code for "difficult" or "obscure". Why we need the Folio prize for fiction 2013-03-14T17:51:36Z

The particulars of Swift's satire -- references to the contemporary relations between England and France, or the conflict between the Whig and Tory parties -- are obscure to most modern readers. How Hollywood guts children's classics 2010-12-29T18:01:00Z

What is always more difficult in book-history is to establish the habits of obscure readers, levels of literacy at particular times and place, everyday reading habits outside the elite class. The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack – review 2012-07-05T07:00:01Z

The often discussed dino demise 66 million years ago obscures their 150-million-year reign, making them among the most successful creatures ever to walk the planet. When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

Orwell's perspective was that the powerful would almost always try to obscure the truth. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

That in itself takes on various meanings and shades throughout the story culminating, but not resolving, in a final episode that appears to dangle off a cliff into a yawning and obscure “Now what?” The sexual frustration of "Mrs. Fletcher" 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

Each presents a narrator who in voice-over describes the meanderings of Robinson, an unseen scholar, government adviser and avid seeker of obscure places of historical interest. | 'Robinson in Ruins': ?Robinson in Ruins? From Patrick Keiller ? Review? 2012-01-11T22:49:41Z

Visitors will find familiar names like Asteroids and Centipede as well as rows of obscure titles like Gun Fight, Bosconian, Qix, Dragon’s Lair and Tapper. 14th Annual International Classic Video Game Tournament 2012-06-03T22:07:43Z

Instead, it is fandom as creative endeavor, an epic poem wrung from obscure stats. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Ives just finished "The Metromaniacs," a play adapted from a French comedy from 1738 that was so obscure no English translation existed. Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly 2013-02-08T16:46:04Z

The mechanisms and beliefs that protected men like Lauer for years were so obscure or coded that the illusion of getting a glimpse of them in action, even a quasi-fictional one, is seductive. The Morning Show: why the messy #MeToo drama is both hit and miss 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Yet the machinations of recent weeks also epitomize Trump’s knack for turning a relatively obscure issue or backwater agency into fodder for a culture war — with little more than a tweet. How Trump’s obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle for Voice of America 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

The Wheel of Titles only came to a halt when, for obscure reasons, Dermont sent an email to her editor with the subject heading, “Starboard.” You can judge a book by its title 2013-04-01T18:27:00Z

The guest judging on some obscure talent show. Paul Morley meets Pineapple Dance Studios instructor Andrew Stone 2010-04-23T11:48:00Z

Following the turgid sloganeering of Profit in Peace, there's a momentarily affecting flash of personal nostalgia from frontman Simon Fowler after he unearths an obscure early B-side. Ocean Colour Scene – review 2013-02-27T16:34:00Z

Polo, however, with its low profile in American sports, seems somewhat obscure for a romance series. Nacho Figueras to help market a new line of polo romance novels 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Under an unusual agreement — and apparently an obscure one, even to NPR folks — the public radio broadcaster agreed with Culver City officials to mention the city’s name each time it broadcasts from NPR West. NPR always seems to be reporting from a town called Culver City. Why? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

Barrie’s play with a wonderful, undeservedly obscure score by Leonard Bernstein, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

Harjo's musical selections reflect his wide-ranging individual taste, drawing from punk, indie rock, Americana, hip-hop, funk and traditional, from the classic to the obscure. On "Reservation Dogs," the raddest soundtrack on TV "breaks expectations" for Native storytelling 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

His father, Keith, and I shared an interest in seafood and enjoyed introducing each other to obscure wines. 'I didn't realise he was dying' - losing my fiancé, and then his family 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Gimmick piled upon gimmick, and it was too bad, because it obscured the fact that Mr. Gaultier is still a master at making a sleeveless gold shirtdress and a beige anorak look ineffably chic. New and Old at Armani Privé and Maison Margiela 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

She was finally voted off the show this week after doing impassioned renditions of Queen’s “I Want It All” and a relatively obscure Jimi Hendrix tune, “Bold as Love.” ArtsBeat: Elise Testone Voted Off 'American Idol' on Queen Week 2012-04-27T04:34:59Z

Meanwhile, Beijing's programming was largely composed of popular films that had screened in other countries long ago or relatively obscure art-house titles. Beijing Film Festival tries for a higher profile 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

For many Lao immigrants establishing a new business in a new country, the worry was that a Lao menu would be too obscure for American diners — too bitter, too spicy, too fishy, too salty. Once Obscured in the U.S., Lao Cooks Share and Celebrate Their Cuisine 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

She deserves the raves she is winning, but that shouldn’t obscure the achievement of this brave, uncompromising slice of Broadway misanthropy. 'Finding Neverland' and 'The Visit': Two Musicals to Savor 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

The particulars of the drive’s transport and arrival remained obscured to me. John Mayer Is a Wonderland 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

I was always drawn to obscure things, something that was hidden, something that was on the edge. | Blondie on Blondie 2014-03-14T22:15:21Z

It’s an unexpectedly soulful film, one whose advertised dependence on trendy dance beats doesn’t obscure the tensions of growing up. Max Joseph on Catfish and We Are Your Friends 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

Alexander, 27, said he needed to mourn the deaths of the police officers, but he didn’t want to obscure the larger issue of racial disparities in law enforcement. Black Lives Matter leaders vow to continue the movement 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z

As the author bell hooks has noted, that Diana “was from an upper-class background was obscured, and hers became a rags-to-riches story.” How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

“He can recite lyrics to the most obscure B-side of a Eurythmics song. He can actually mumble them. Well, he’s not a great singer.” This Man Is Betting $1.7 Billion on the Rights to Your Favorite Songs 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

A jacket partly obscured by a giant fluffy cardigan looked to be made out of metallic glass shards, until you took a closer look and realized it was embroidered with graphic sprays of sequins. Chanel Celebrates Craft, and Cardigans 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

William PopeL.’s enormous room covered inside and out with a careful grid of embellished slices of baloney, embodies his usual sarcasm, even if the point about population breakdowns remains obscure. Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

A 5,000-strong crowd cheered as the Grim Reaper pranced around stage, brandishing a glittery scythe and making jokes about an obscure French composer's death. Prom 20: Horrible Histories ? review 2011-07-31T17:06:00Z

It obscured the importance of horticulturists' environmental knowledge in creating the industry and the political connections and manual labor that kept it afloat. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia’s economy, but they’re central to its mythology 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

Most notably, Braddock’s march would lift an obscure Virginia militiaman to international renown. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Though nothing is known of the portal’s original location, a bit of digging brings the somewhat obscure Ekman, who signed his works P. A. Ekman or A. Eckman, into greater focus. The Aesthete Falls Hard for a Pair of Painted Doors 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Over 42 minutes, it features a range of obscure, underground music from various decades and genres, unified by the common theme of "darkness". Click to Download: Rough with the smooth 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z

Mr. Obama’s “winning smile,” Mr. Alter writes, “obscured a layer of self-protective ice, a useful combination in a chief executive.” Books of The Times: ?The Promise: President Obama, Year One? by Jonathan Alter 2010-05-12T21:05:00Z

But at the games, their hard work was obscured by the noise and the abundance of fans. The Biggest Dance Show in Town? At a Basketball Game. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

The sheer weight of the choral sound, meanwhile, though beautiful, tended to obscure points of orchestral detail. El Ni?o 2010-08-16T08:45:00Z

“So much happened subsequently” to Ms. Singleton’s time there, Mr. White said in an interview, “that it’s obscured the importance of her role at that critical early stage.” Raynoma Gordy Singleton, an Early Motown Force, Dies at 79 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

The composer George Benjamin has asked the group to look into Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, hoping that its trademark transparency might shed new light on crucial, still obscure modernist works. The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Moshfegh’s insistence on focusing on the uneasy, outwardly hostile relationship the characters have with their bodies can at times feel puerile and, other times, it obscures the larger story. Ottessa Moshfegh's short story collection 'Homesick for Another World' wades into the ugliness of people 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Since then, smaller and more obscure films such as “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Hurt Locker” and last year’s “The Shape of Water” have been far more likely to take top honors. Perspective | An existential question animates this year’s Oscar race: What, exactly, is a movie? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

They gave you, rather, a strong sense that there are obscure or even invisible unities that powerfully structure the reality we perceive. David Mitchell Brings His Novelistic High Jinks to the Swinging ’60s 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

So I like fiction that makes me welcome, and I’m quickly exasperated by the freakish, the introverted and above all the compulsively obscure. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

If I were responding to “Meganets” that way, it would be with 😐, which can obscure an intermittent lack of comprehension. Move Over, Metaverse. Here’s Something Meaner. 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

"Y'all," as I began to understand it, put a target on my chest, identified me as outcast; "you guys" obscured me, added a layer of armor to my heart. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

But both are self-confident eccentrics in obscure American communities, determined to uncover the truth about a murder. Frances McDormand: two defining roles, two decades apart 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z

It’s obscure but could not be more apt. Review: In ‘When Breath Becomes Air,’ Dr. Paul Kalanithi Confronts an Early Death 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

More obscure but still similar is controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski's "Death and the Maiden," which stars Sigourney Weaver as the politically active wife of a prominent lawyer in a South American country. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "The Debt" 2011-08-31T06:31:05Z

Did it contain outtakes, rarities or obscure live recordings? Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! – exclusive album stream 2012-10-08T12:47:47Z

The celebrities were “obscure, to some,” Ms. Smith said. True Tales of Quarantined Socializing 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

That West would be capable of that is a subject of much disagreement — there is a fine line between pushing an ego into overdrive, and building something big enough to obscure the ego. Kanye West, Heretic by Nature, Finds God 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

Lack’s condemnation of her now hardly obscures the fact that her firing, like her hiring, was decided by the market. NBC’s Firing of Megyn Kelly Is as Cynical as Her Hiring Was 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

I saw the usual city haze that obscures nearly all of the night sky. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

“The dramatic events probably helped make this premiere a legend, but it’s kind of obscured the original intention,” Mr. Pollack said. ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ Returns With Its Brazen Politics Intact 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

That includes the blues of black Americans, the Zydeco of Louisiana's Creoles, Mexican norteño and Tejano conjunto music, and other styles that spring from deep cultural wells and get crowds dancing in obscure rooms. Arhoolie Records set highlights 50 years of roots-music 2013-01-24T23:02:35Z

A synthesized cumbia mixed as if its tune was being intermittently obscured by clouds. Arca, Valued Facilitator, Steps Out Front 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

This is a fascinating examination of an aspect of Renaissance painting that is obscured by the usual way of presenting these works in a gallery. Display of devotion: see the light at the National Gallery altar 2011-08-11T16:01:31Z

His convictions are seldom spelt out; his intentions are frequently obscure. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z

Burbank calls his audience "the Tens," as in quantity, paralleling the former label's self-deprecating aesthetic; he channels the latter's bookish cool, with obscure pop culture references and the odd literary nod. Luke Burbank's thriving "Too Beautiful to Live" podcast records live shows at Columbia City Theater with Sir Mix-A-Lot, Blue Scholars, The Long Winters 2010-07-06T21:49:00Z

Instead of racks of largely obscured clothes, what about the WhatsApp messages between him and his colleagues that led to his creative decisions? Can Virgil Abloh Fit in a Museum? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

Shades will obscure extraordinary river and city views much of the time to keep out the searing morning and afternoon light. Don’t be aloof 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Part of the problem is that so many of them remain obscured in the fog of denial. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

The emphasis on puns, obscure references and lightly twisted language suggests Firesign Theatre in its heyday. ‘Consuming Spirits’: Animated epic heads into Appalachian backwoods 2013-01-31T22:43:36Z

Before they turned to high-tech analysis, the conservators removed the varnish and previous restorations from “Bathers, ”which had yellowed over the years, obscuring the artist’s palette; as a result, the colors came through more brightly. Electronic Insights Into Matisse?s Technique 2010-07-09T23:15:00Z

What makes "Thunderbirds" so magical is not the illusion of reality but the complete lack of one; it amplifies the handmade, human element that modern computer animation and special labor efficiently obscure. TV Picks: 'Thunderbirds,' 'Incredible Crew,' UCB does 'Seinfeld' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

But it’s mostly more obscure professionals who receive that legendary late-summer phone call out of the blue. MacArthur ‘genius’ grants launch winners from obscurity: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

The timing of the show’s debut obscured Walter’s true class identity. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z

In addition to being an expert on obscure Roman poets, Tessa is also a formidable scholar of the Daphne and Apollo myth. Review | ‘The Latinist’ is the perfect suspense novel to kick off your reading year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

On his website, kosherliquorist.com, the rabbi serves as an oracle for anxious observant Jews who write him asking about the kosher status of obscure Belgian wheat beers or fashionable boutique gins. A Rabbi Walks Into a Bar — and Enforces the Law 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

One of the key thinkers venerated by Putin and his circle is a hitherto obscure Russian fascist, Ivan Ilyin, whose views are absurd but terrifying in their implications. Are We Traveling the ‘Road to Unfreedom’? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

There are a lot of people who are obscure, who are not known. How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Often, memes revolve around an inside joke — say, a screen capture from an obscure video game — but just as often they make jokes of the source material. A Baby Photo Becomes an Internet Meme 2010-09-16T12:56:00Z

Intriguingly, Simon started with an obscure Kinks song, This Is Where I Belong; the touching lyric is similar to his own style, which is informed by emotional isolation and neediness. Harper Simon 2010-05-16T21:20:00Z

Portions of the text remind me of Elizabeth Bishop’s poems, which can seem profound and full of richly detailed imagery even when the meaning is obscure. John Adams’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Developed by AT&T’s somewhat obscure Audience Network, the series is not as widely known as some of the author’s other TV adaptations. Stephen King Has Thoughts About Stephen King TV Shows 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, the idea of timeliness can sit like a curtain over a novel, both emphasizing and obscuring the work itself. In This Novel, Witchcraft Makes Women Powerful, and Vulnerable 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

An exception has been an obscure essay contest at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Harper Lee sues agent over copyright to To Kill A Mockingbird 2013-05-04T22:35:05Z

That Ryanair guy started doing $1 flights to obscure towns that nobody had ever heard of before all of the sudden they became tourist centers. Frugal Traveler: A Budget Travel Pioneer on a Time When $5 a Day Was Real (Frugal) Money 2010-10-27T15:23:00Z

As is often the case with looted art, the painting’s provenance is complicated and obscure. French Court Orders Return of Pissarro Looted by Vichy Government 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

But the challenges are real, and Bennett's critical standpoint obscure. Why Alan Bennett is wrong about the National Trust 2012-11-21T19:00:01Z

Despite their connection, Megan and Kyle’s relationship is complicated by interference from the institute — full of sinister motives that remain intriguingly obscure three episodes in — and the fact that Terence isn’t sold on the pairing. Review | ‘The Arrangement’ is quite clear: It’s a drama based on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

All the comics — from the obscure and frivolous to the overtly political — capture Tibet as it has been perceived by artists and readers at different points over the course of past several decades. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z

She found obscure bits of information about the treatment of homosexuals during the Third Reich that helped Sherman piece together the history. 'Bent' at Mark Taper lets defiant love shine amid the Holocaust 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

They set up shop in 1979 on redeveloped land in tiny, obscure Bristol. Those Guys Have All the Fun: An Unauthorized, Uninhibited History of ESPN 2011-05-25T15:20:00Z

They would have much preferred that Jet Li remain obscure, that films such as Ong-Bak never achieved anything more than borderline success. Cult films: just bad movies in a good disguise? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Perhaps more interesting, however, is Mr. D’Silva’s foray into the more obscure. An Evangelist of Singaporean Food Has a New Pulpit 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z

His sculptures take their forms from an unwieldy set of obscure cultural references. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

Talk about the promise of digitization or the belatedness of print is a smokescreen to obscure a larger abdication: the library exists to maintain a collection, in perpetuity, for everyone. What lies behind the battle over the New York Public Library 2012-07-07T13:00:01Z

No. 2, this was a very obscure type of ax made only in 1928. It’s No Secret That Espionage Is This Collector’s Passion 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

“I’m not willfully trying to be obscure or difficult,” Ms. Williams said. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Whether or not that was the case, by obscuring the Disney organ, they removed too much visual appeal from of one of the world's great musical spaces. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

She was very sort of anti-capitalist and wanted me to just be exposed to obscure, bleak European cinema. Zoe Lister-Jones subverts sex in "Slip": "Through orgasm, she's being transported into a multiverse" 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

Charles Stuart MacKenzie, an obscure Scottish hero from World War I. He’s a Lego nut but with a twist, using the figures and buildings he makes to film stop-motion war movies with a camcorder. Television: Peculiar on and Off Set: Atticus Shaffer of ?The Middle? 2010-05-08T03:09:00Z

She was a producer on a forthcoming documentary about the Source Family, the obscure early- 1970s mystical cult led by Father Yod. T Magazine: The Happiness Project 2012-11-27T22:00:33Z

Mr. Guadagnino does better when he keeps his focus on Emma, whose personality is at first obscured by her roles as a young matriarch. | 'I Am Love': Tilda Swinton in Lush, Romantic Italian Film 2010-06-17T22:47:00Z

Their work has been, to some degree, investigative: correcting mistakes in outdated or obscure published scores, and unearthing pieces that haven’t been heard for decades. Juilliard Celebrates 32 Female Composers of the 20th Century 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

His eyes turn soft, his mouth and beard are obscured. Art In Review: JORDAN WOLFSON 2012-01-26T23:26:19Z

The view of the crater on the other side is completely obscured by steam and clouds. On a remote Russian peninsula, a vodka-fueled adventure 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

"Munchies" is based, I guess, though the meaning of the word is a little obscure to me. Friday Favorites: Beat Connection, Keyboard Kid, J. Pinder with Luck-One, Sax G Whiz and Spaceman 2010-07-16T17:28:00Z

In his younger days Mr. Headley played the drums in a series of wild, obscure punk bands. Brooks Headley’s Cookbook ‘Fancy Desserts’ Doesn’t Do Fancy 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

Despite falling rates of violent crime — a tiny uptick in 2015 obscures the fact that these remain at a historic low — Trump also wants to beef up the police to deal with American “carnage.” Deconstruction zone: Doubling down on dystopia, preventing the triumph of Trump’s will 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

One more dancer, Belinda He, remained obscured by what she wore. Review: In Anneke Hansen’s ‘2hymn vb,’ a Billowing Gown as Star 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Generally the goal of an a-cappella ensemble is to obscure that limitation as much as possible. How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

They’re mawkish idylls by painters largely obscure even to Germans and Austrians today. Abroad: 13th Linz Album of Hitler?s Returned to Germany 2010-05-18T23:58:00Z

Nevertheless, Mace opposes impeaching the president again — another point of tension that has obscured any sense of solidarity in the House following the attack. On their third day at work, congressional freshmen went through disorientation 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

His eclectic installations are full of obscure props, 2D scenery and cut-out figures, as well as paintings and . Artist of the week 90: Lothar Hempel 2010-06-03T13:49:00Z

David Baldwin’s large shadow threatens to obscure any number of fathers appearing in similar books in the years since the explosive arrival of “Notes” in 1955. Review | How a young writer emerged from a troubled past to a Pulitzer 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

He bullied dancers, and infuriated friends when he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, but his engrossing journals, rich with watercolors and watery notes to self, reveal the intense self-doubt that his choreography obscured. 13 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Images are multiple layered, fragmented or obscured; films are stripped of script and character; and scraps of paper are fixed with masking tape. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

With a little prodding, he’ll gush about obscure European art films. ‘Inherent Vice’ is complex and subversive. Paul Thomas Anderson is pretty normal. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The best ideas are rhythmic ones, even when the extramusical element remains frustratingly obscure. Interzone ? review 2010-11-23T22:00:00Z

There's plenty going on in underground cinema if you know where to dig, and this celebration of "obscure, no budget, low budget, genre and genreless, new and recycled films" is where it's all buried. This week's new film events 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z

In Part 1, Ms. Uchizono’s unconventional setup puts the seated audience in front of a long, narrow performance space obscured by hanging paper; it’s like peering over a fence. Dance Review: ?Longing two,? at Baryshnikov and the Kitchen 2010-06-04T22:57:00Z

Yet nothing could obscure Domingo's towering stage presence. Sunken Garden; Nabucco; Mark Padmore & Graham Johnson – review 2013-04-20T23:08:33Z

The concert and the album reveal the passionately romantic side of Guthrie that has been obscured by his image as the itinerant left-wing spokesman for the common man, nicknamed “the Dustbowl Troubadour.” Music Review: Jonatha Brooke Recalls Woody Guthrie at Allen Room - Review 2012-01-19T23:23:11Z

For many athletes, from the famous to the obscure, the honor ranked just behind winning a medal. Bud Greenspan, longtime filmmaker who chronicled the Olympics' soaring moments, dies at 84 2010-12-27T01:16:00Z

“Without a doubt, it is a writing that challenges, that reaches into the depths of humanity, of the obscure,” Castaing said. sade-manuscript 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

The original is poignant and effective, but maybe a tad too brisk and drowning in digital effects that obscure the song’s heart-rending core. The Playlist: Ariana Grande Shows Her Heart, and 8 More New Songs 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Granted, these queries can be gnomic and obscure, but at least they are food for real thought. Review: ‘The Glory of the World,’ About Thomas Merton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

The funny thing is that Mr. Lam’s work from the 1980s and ’90s remains relatively obscure here, even though it was more American in mood and style than that of his Hong Kong peers. New York Asian Film Festival Features Ringo Lam, Hong Kong Crime Master 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Some have been obscure even before leaving the show. At 40, 'Saturday Night Live' is still in its prime 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

Luiselli alludes to and cannibalizes many real books, some canonical, some obscure, in “Lost Children Archive,” but this Italian novel is a work of her own making. Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

Thomas's performance is still a virtuoso display of histrionics, though his repertoire of shrieks and howls does obscure the text. Ping/Eight Songs for a Mad King – review 2013-03-28T15:38:40Z

You are very knowledgeable about cinema, but if you are in Mumbai, or Tehran, or Cairo, my taste isn't obscure because a lot of what I am talking about is the big popular stuff. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

A soldier looms large in the foreground, his face covered by a mask, his eyes hidden by sunglasses, his thoughts and his humanity obscured by a carapace of military resolve and inscrutability. Perspective | The dystopian Lincoln Memorial photo raises a grim question: Will they protect us, or will they shoot us? 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

But he thinks that abusive men are fomenting that fear to obscure their behavior. A reader said good men have nothing to fear from #MeToo. I think it’s more complicated. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

That transformation was one that Whitman himself wished to obscure. In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

Tracing it from end to beginning obscures the level of difficulty: the years of frustration and patient effort, the technological innovation, the lives lost, the mistakes made, the money spent. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z

In “Prime Green,” Robert Stone’s somewhat obscure memoir of a weed-fueled odyssey he took across the United States in the ’60s, he made a stop in Salt Lake City. Some Notes on 100 Days of Biden Style 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

She's also a specific force jammed into an ill-suited system for her wattage, a blazing star obscuring the familiar correspondents and contributors. Leslie Jones blazed brightly on "The Daily Show." But is a star really what its new era needs? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

If anything, the industry needs exceptional individuals to help obscure just how bad things are. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Its expanded opening section goes on a tad long, spending too much time on just the three men, its props the stuff of obscure symbolism. 'Flabbergast' an unrelenting blast of entertainment 2011-03-13T17:52:00Z

He's talking about an obscure mystery involving cats and boxes, but he could be wondering about "Repo Men." 'Repo Men': Heartless job drives anything-goes sci-fi thriller 2010-03-18T22:02:00Z

Instead, it feels like the modern version of the shows one discovered on obscure channels in the middle of the night in 1999. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

But if there is one thread that appears throughout the many reviews it's that the exhibition offers some fantastic juxtapositions of the familiar alongside the more obscure. Mostly thumbs up: What the critics say about the new Whitney Museum 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

That's the kind of deeper truth that good fiction can convey, even as it obscures the more banal question of facts. Whose truth? On "House of the Dragon," what is unseen often matters more than what's onscreen 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Als is superb on why gay men so took to Dean, how their mutual attraction was based on language of a particular kind, “language as a tool to obscure intimacy and enforce distance.” Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z

In his somewhat esoteric but not entirely obscure view, cinema, the art that is for him both an ethical foundation and a utopian horizon, is devoted to production, the half-industrial, half-artisanal activity of making images. | 'Film Socialisme': On a Mediterranean Cruise Ship Steered by a Godardian Crew 2011-06-02T23:04:32Z

Many of these pioneering women are relatively obscure today. Michael Dirda on the evolution of science fiction 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

On the road, she meets a prophet she shares a strange connection with — an obsession with an obscure graphic novel about a spaceman named Dr. Eleven. Finding Joy Through Art at the End of the World in ‘Station Eleven’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

They partially obscured the excellent musicians on drums, guitar and organ, as well as the mesmerizing vocalist and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello. Review | Ronald K. Brown/Evidence rises to a spiritual level in performance at the Kennedy Center 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

But the revelation is an obscure playwright, Lee August Praley, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of delightful solo vignettes that announce a strong new comic voice. Funny, Kooky and Short on the Net 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

That said, her family fame shouldn't be allowed to obscure the talents of her fellow performers in sketch troupe Lady Garden, who are celebrating their third anniversary together with a special show this weekend. This week's new comedy 2011-03-26T00:05:43Z

Soon after, the threat was issued by Abdelfatah Hamadache, a radical Islamist preacher in Algeria, who leads an obscure Salafist group, the Islamic Awakening Front. An Algerian Author Fights Back Against a Fatwa 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

And with that graduation comes a "Spinal Tap"-worthy introduction that obscures the group behind a dense wall of fog and prompts front man Dan Auerbach to joke about it. Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z

That should still leave room for shagginess, the instinct to wander through obscure back alleys of imagination regardless of their superficial relevance. Extended scares: in defense of the two-hour-plus horror movie 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

“He loves everything from the deepest, most obscure Appalachian songs through George Jones through deep folk music, gospel, early blues.” Pop, country singers reimagine Elton John hits on two new albums 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

They now count among the greatest works of 20th-century American art, and thanks to a magnificent catalog, the artist is obscure no more. The Best Art of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

“The thing about music is it’s not an obscure pursuit, it’s a very natural thing for human beings to do,” Boucher says. Grimes: from goth-ballerina to electro-pop artist 2012-10-17T20:36:00Z

The uplift of the infectiously danceable tunes keeps obscuring what turns out to be a deeply unsunny story. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

“And then they’ll probably do something obscure from the third record,’’ he said. ‘They are a truly Seattle band’: Pearl Jam to check off another achievement — induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Do you consciously obscure the lyrics when you sing? Hüsker Dü: "Hardcore is bands with three initials" – a classic interview 2013-05-15T13:53:36Z

Yet it had no influence: over the following 46 years, the divide has grown almost totally obscure, the average pop star growing older, grander and more statesmanlike, the average politician younger, more awestruck and deferential. Elvis and Nixon, Reagan and Jacko, Jagger and Blair … when pop stars and politicians collide 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that contends parts of the 1971 hit were filched from an obscure song by the band Spirit. Led Zeppelin Sales Soar as Stairway to Heaven Suit Continues 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

People of my generation felt this obscure pang – this feeling that we'd somehow missed out on something amazing. The John Lennon Letters, edited by Hunter Davies - review 2012-10-10T12:16:01Z

The movie opens with a misterioso figure whose face is obscured by a fedora and some clever camera angles and editing. ‘Predestination,’ Starring Ethan Hawke 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the right’s shrill complaints about cancel culture obscure this far more present and complex problem. Perspective | Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

They seem to be constantly in motion: rising, falling, accompanied now and then by luminous rods and rotating objects obscured to the point of fuzziness. At the Paris Opera, a Biblical Tale Told With Rothko and Children 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

The rest: palm trees, picnic tables, umbrellas that look like the roof of a tropical palapa, bamboo mats to obscure the row of brick houses next door. Outdoor Dining Offers Fresh Air and Fantasy to a City That Needs Both 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

A strategically placed flowerpot or sofa obscures the nude home shoppers in “Buying Naked.” Take off your clothes to make it in TV 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

Bigelow’s interest in obscure books took hold nearly forty years ago. The Custodian of Forgotten Books 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Scrambling to catch every esoteric aside and obscure allusion, you won’t be surprised to learn that Chapman runs trivia parties in New York. Review | ‘Riots I Have Known’ is criminally funny 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

It's a screenwriter's distraction that obscures the character's detachment from the heart of the narrative -- and the character's essentially decorative nature. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z

I don't want it to obscure my listening, and my energy. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z

The chemicals are widely used because of an obscure rule adopted by California regulators in 1975. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z

For another, it obscures the real story and real drama. Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom's missing reality principle 2012-06-25T14:20:00Z

But the movie’s bruising history can be obscured by its massive success and influence. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

But Knutas says some of the wax seeped to the front surface, obscuring van Gogh's vibrant colors. OH museum gives close view of van Gogh restoration 2011-05-23T11:54:12Z

The book’s missing pieces, however, should not obscure its strong portrayal of the many unheralded United States victories. Books of The Times: ?Counterstrike,? by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker ? Review 2011-09-04T22:27:46Z

For all this light I wanted to shine, most of me remained obscured in shadow. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Tyree have assembled a list of 39 obscure art-house films as the starting point for a collection of brief, jagged improvisations on their respective youths. Book review: ‘Our Secret Life in the Movies,’ by Michael McGriff and J.M. Tyree

Many worthy scripts befit that category, including “Both Your Houses,” a 1933 Pulitzer Prize winner by Maxwell Anderson that’s obscure today, but sounds all too timely. New on Seattle stages: ‘Third,’ ‘Mom Baby God’ 2014-02-27T22:26:06Z

Wadley believed that it was probably an alias, used by Hathaway in order to keep the date of the marriage secret to obscure the fact that she was already pregnant. In search of Shakespeare's ghosts 2011-07-14T07:42:46Z

When Mr. Dylan’s career began, he could have expected scholars to spend centuries ferreting out the obscure references in his work and pondering his reasons for free-associating in the ways that he has. Books of The Times: ‘The Dylanologists,’ David Kinney’s Look at an Obsession 2014-05-04T21:57:27Z

At dusk, we arrived at the high overlooks at Hawk Hill, just in time to capture eerie images of the Golden Gate obscured by mist. Fun day trips await across the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

“He helpfully puts his more obscure courtroom questions into context, indicates his current strategy and delivers small homilies on the dangers of a government entrapment operation gone wild,” the Washington Post said at the time. Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

In "Romania," the slightly obscured profile in a monumental sculpture suggests Vladimir Lenin. Getty's Josef Koudelka retrospective is grim yet riveting 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, “Talking to Strangers,” didn’t include the weird, obscure historical narratives that he used to take pains to uncover. Times Critics Discuss Their Year in Books, From New Talents to Old Favorites 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

They are bundled up in parkas, their faces obscured by stubble, snow and blood, so their personalities emerge through action and interaction. Movie Review: Liam Neeson in Joe Carnahan?s Thriller ?The Grey? 2012-01-26T22:19:02Z

By shining “Vertical Migration” on the Secretariat building, Superflex is bringing to light a massive and vital phenomenon that is obscure. Dancers From the Deep Sea Shine on the U.N. for Climate Week 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

To illustrate this point, she alternates between the two sisters and their mother’s perspectives, showing how their inner lives are obscured to one another by the language barriers that separate them. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

In his interpretation of Claude Monet's "Rouen Cathedral" paintings, Lichtenstein's dots become so prominent that they obscure the image itself. Lichtenstein show in UK goes beyond cartoon classics 2013-02-18T17:00:14Z

But as demands for honesty and transparency become more common, companies are having a harder time using terms like natural to obscure their activities. How Hormel exploited confusion over the natural label 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

He has an astonishing ability to soak up obscure knowledge and incorporate it into his act. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z

What rises to the top of the site’s page for most popular reviews ranges wildly: There are obscure memes, diaristic essays and sprawling screeds packed with pseudo-academic jargon. Is Letterboxd Becoming a Blockbuster? 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

At the time, the history-making nature of her appointment as the first woman to lead a major American orchestra was partly obscured by a controversy that erupted when the orchestra players objected to her selection. At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

From early in his career, Father O’Malley distinguished himself through close readings of obscure, difficult texts. John W. O’Malley, Leading Catholic Historian, Dies at 95 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

In Tommy Bobo’s video, “Umbra,” a circle of blurry light is periodically obscured by or merges with a glowing orb, accompanied by crackling sounds. In the galleries: Getting ‘Personal’ at King Street 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Could the signature novelist or band or whatever from the early 21st century be someone who’s almost entirely obscure? Chuck Klosterman predicts the future: “Chemotherapy will seem like bleeding people with leeches” 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Not a particularly obscure or original choice, I know. Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day 2012-02-10T22:52:01Z

Some of that controversy had begun recently to obscure the power of her achievement as an architect, the outsize role she had played in the field for more than three decades. A critic's take on the power of Zaha Hadid 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

And in two works completed in 2011, Mr. Oehlen may even push Expressionism to new extremes: The brushwork obscuring parts of collaged advertisements can seem anguished, even tortured, like stretched skin. Review: Albert Oehlen, a Master of Disciplined Excess 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

One large gallery houses a vast archive of books, charts, magazines, pedagogical materials, pictures, summer camp T-shirts, games, leaflets and more, all related to various fundamentalist religious outfits — both familiar and obscure. 'Jim Shaw: The End Is Here' taps public's id in a weird, humorous way 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

The snippets — mostly obscure excerpts from dramas, cartoons and scientific and educational films — are seamlessly fused into a whoosh of images, many of them zany, all from the 1880s to the 1930s. Review: ‘Dreams Rewired,’ a Futuristic Look at the Past 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Naz’s predicament is positively Kafkaesque; and his attorney, Jack Stone, whose cunning is obscured by his raw, eczema-scarred feet, feels like a figure in one of Flannery O’Connor’s allegorical grotesqueries. “The Night Of” recap: The new, terrifying reality sets in 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Beijing’s patent office recently ordered Apple to stop selling some versions of its iPhone in Beijing, which allegedly copy designs belonging to an obscure Chinese firm. Out of the Master’s shadow 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

They sometimes composed their scenes by using windows that framed and obscured their subjects. Stumbling Upon Greatness: Discovering Sergio Larrain 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Both Richard and the audience fed off each other’s energy as the singer hopped through her discography, seemingly touched by the audience’s ecstatic reaction to every song, no matter how obscure. Dawn Richard continues the part at the fringes of electronic R&B at DC9 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Like it or not, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding and there are a whole host of new heroes making their way from the more obscure corners of the comic universe onto the screen. 5 lesser-known Marvel characters coming to the onscreen MCU 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

The Green Turtle’s face was almost always obscured by his sweeping cape or his pummeling arm or his foregrounded foe. The Green Turtle returns in ‘The Shadow Hero,’ by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew

Ours is an age that has seen a vibrant reconsideration of a somewhat obscure figure in American history via Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton," still the hottest ticket on Broadway and on the touring musical circuit. "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Real’ L.A. had its thick, coiled root downtown, and on the east, little underground rootlets; obscure Mexican restaurants. Carolyn See, Author of ‘Golden Days,’ Dies at 82 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

And Rashomon-like accounts of party encounters, “subject to the vagaries of memory, and further obscured by layers of gossip and hearsay and inaudibility, the whole mix invariably transformed even more by alcohol.” Books of The Times: ‘Hello Goodbye Hello,’ by Craig Brown 2012-08-05T20:56:23Z

This tarnished his record and obscured his legacy. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Music has a tendency to varnish or exaggerate, to soften or obscure, to put language into code. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

I am obsessed with book titles and how some really strange, overlong and obscure misnomers slip through the editing process. Shelf Talk | Title sparring: my obsession with book titles 2011-06-27T20:29:57Z

Nearby hangs a portrait by Mr. Kelley of a minor, partly obscured figure from one of the Detroit museum works — a comedic punch line about the “elevating” effect of art. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

What inspires Turkington is what sparked his teenaged obsessions: the obscured realms of entertainment, where earnest dreamers struggle to sustain mediocre careers. What’s it like to live as one of the ‘worst’ comics in the world? Gregg Turkington is finally talking about it. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Their achingly romantic kiss, both a first and, it seems, a farewell, establishes a tone of terrible finality even before Angela is cornered by imposing figures, their faces obscured. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 10: Anatomy of a Murder 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, what feels like real anguish — and the seed of a worthwhile read — is repeatedly obscured by braggadocio and pat moralizing. Review | In Will Smith’s memoir, the superstar is self-deprecating but ultimately invincible 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

She was wearing a hood and her hair partly obscured her face. The homeless couple living in Walmart and 7 other urban legends that won’t die 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

All of this maneuvering obscures a larger question about the news in New Orleans: Are readers better off now than they were when the Picayune was winning Pulitzers for its Katrina reporting? In New Orleans, a journalistic experiment with unclear results 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

It was also convenient as a "frame in which the actual social and economic forces wrenching the city could be personalized and ultimately obscured." Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The bobal grape, a relatively obscure Spanish variety, produces some juicy reds and this hearty rosé, with a deep pink color and refreshing acidity to match summer’s full-throttle fare. What to drink with your grilled meats: This $20 Bordeaux 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

It is an obscure phrase, Hare smilingly apologized during a Saturday evening appearance at Politics and Prose Bookstore on Connecticut Avenue, but apt. David Hare’s political stages 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

The moment that the students pursued was often real but did nothing to obscure photography’s surrealism or the history of conceptual and commercial art. The Freedom of Young Photographers 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

The wine list emphasises obscure wines from the Mediterranean, Slovenia, and Croatia. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Other revelations, only hinted at, remain obscure — a testament to Thelen’s dramatic restraint. Pie-making as theater: One really gets made while the secrets slip out on this Burbank stage 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

The statement tempers the reductive power of the AP video gone viral, which in a few moments of close-up uneasiness, can obscure her nuances. Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

The idea of the movie was obscured by technical incompetence. When Samuel Beckett Tried to Capture the Power of the Movies 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

"Searching for Sugar Man," about the search for an obscure 1970s Detroit folk singer known as Rodriguez, won the audience award for best world documentary as well as a special jury prize. "Beasts," "The House I Live In" win top awards at Sundance 2012-01-29T04:48:05Z

My friends and I would hunt down obscure books, movies, and bands that Cobain championed, to try and figure out how he had come to be. Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Made, and Unmade, Alternative Culture 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

In the Age of the Internet, it’s not unusual to see instant celebrities or overnight viral sensations: yesterday an obscure nobody posted something interesting online, and today almost everyone knows about it. Rotten Tomatoes for rabid dog lovers 2013-06-01T18:00:00Z

At least a third of the open area would be obscured by wide vinyl mullions and rails. Can I keep the look of bow windows and still stop the drafts? 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

The story behind an obscure and beloved rocksteady recording and a singer who tried to bring worlds together in his music. The Best New Yorker Visual and Interactive Stories of 2019 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

But the premiere episode assumes that viewers are so familiar with the period and this more obscure chapter of history that the main characters’ allegiances, motives, and struggles will be clear from the outset. Television Review: ‘Turn,’ on AMC, About the First American Spies 2014-04-04T22:10:45Z

That Trump used an obscure loophole to avoid paying tens of millions in taxes. Pre-election scoops are arriving at warp speed: A skeptic’s guide. 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

However, studies have shown that the grapes called bonarda in Argentina can be any number of obscure grapes that came from northwestern Italy or southeastern France. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Without crediting the source images, Dylan used acrylic paint to reproduce famous and obscure snaps – including a Life magazine cover shot. Bob Dylan's new covers project 2012-11-30T11:33:56Z

All of these things are knowable and definable and yet obscured and opaque. Modern Love: Downloadable. Unsustainable, Too. 2011-08-11T18:57:16Z

But there’s no obscuring that he’s carrying some excess weight, too, another liability given that he’s already conspicuously on the tall side for the job. ‘Jockey’ Review: Hit Hard and Still Riding 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

As a result, any group biography is hampered by the presence of the more obscure artists; this book is possibly best suited to collectors and enthusiasts. Hotshots 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Nearly a century ago, the publisher Alfred A. Knopf released a slim book of spiritual fables by an obscure Lebanese-American poet and painter named Kahlil Gibran. New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

Much about Mann’s book will be obscure to contemporary readers, but civilization’s literary man will be immediately recognizable. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

A winning approach awards your opponent 0 for an easy question and 3 for the most obscure one. The coolest, weirdest Internet community you’ll never be able to join

I later read from my book about obscure 78 r.p.m. records there. Uncommon but extraordinary records were offered prominent shelf space, and serendipity was always in the air. Why Record Stores Mattered 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The fascination with obscure detritus extended to an eclectic soundtrack including falsetto-voiced ukulele virtuoso Tiny Tim, and strategically deployed B-roll stock footage breaking up the animation with snippets of live action. SpongeBob at 20: how the pineapple-dwelling fry cook endured 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Failing to do so, we argue, obscures the ways in which the right-wing political world uses comedy as a recruiting tool and unifying force. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

For those of a more mystically medieval Christmas mind-set, the Hilliard Ensemble's "Transeamus" brings refined, mysterious awe to obscure 15th century British carols and motets. Holiday music gifts: Leave the best for last-minute 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Whichever the case, the Pope brouhaha obscured something perhaps just as extraordinarily powerful — the song that O’Connor had been performing. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

My girlfriend and I browsed all the old travel, fiction and some obscure academic books. Readers' tips: literary locations 2010-12-24T11:58:00Z

Set that expectation aside: Mr. Xuan’s version is restorative, light in body and frank in flavor, testifying to the use of the more obscure chicken parts. At Bep Ga in Chinatown, It All Begins With Chicken 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Made from an obscure local grape and aged underground in traditional clay vessels known as qvevri, this wine may challenge your preconceptions of what red wine should be. At just $12, this Spanish garnacha is the prototype of a fun, juicy red wine 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Science and technology are both subjects with a high intimidation factor, and a reputation for being dry, obscure and best left to Ph.Ds. 8 Podcasts for the Tech Curious 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

“Praise for Mr. Dahl as a writer must not obscure the fact that he was also a bigot,” Mr. Foxman wrote. Roald Dahl’s Widow Says ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Hero Was Supposed to be Black 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Instead, you got an unusual glimpse of the work’s skeleton; recurring motifs obscured by Varèse’s orchestral density stood out with a sharp clarity. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Yamaha Piano 2010-07-08T21:25:00Z

It also left me wanting more, which is not usually my response to such obscure, if transfixing, material. Review: Mother Teresa Sings, in Drag and With Doubts 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

The subtitles on the smallish but clear Sony/News Corporation Times Square Screen straight ahead were largely obscured by arcing fixtures holding traffic lights. Share Your Thoughts 2010-09-28T18:15:00Z

A Band Emerges From the Shadows Let’s hear it for slow, and also for obscure. Music Review: Milk Music, With Alex Coxen, at 285 Kent in Williamsburg 2012-07-24T22:04:46Z

Pirates work to create vast common spaces, amassing huge troves of content, much of it too obscure to be of much use to very many people. Is piracy a radical force? 2012-09-03T14:30:00Z

Rather than sleek black gondolas with their polished brass fittings, Mr. Zec’s eye is caught by broken-down old fishing boats moored in obscure canals, draped with stained cloths and coils of frayed rope. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Returning to Where the Dream Began 2010-06-15T11:30:00Z

For two centuries after his death, Vivaldi was just an obscure footnote, until a chance rediscovery of long-forgotten scores in the 1920s paved the way for a dramatic renaissance of interest in his music. Dmitry Sinkovsky plays violin, sings and conducts as part of Vivaldi project at Seattle Symphony 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Depending on the guide, you might march up the street to see how the structure is hidden from the road, obscured by nature. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

By assembling some 50 American pieces from the original show, many by artists now obscure, Montclair will take that route. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z

In fact, according to the former New York Times critic Chinen in this sometimes cluttered, sometimes beautiful book, those reports aren’t just wrong — they’ve obscured the true nature of the modern form’s abundant riot. The Latest in Jazz, the Genius of Jerome Robbins, and Bernhardt vs. Duse 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

President Reagan enthused about the first novel to be published by the Naval Institute Press — an obscure submarine technothriller called “The Hunt for Red October” — and turned Tom Clancy into a star. A Presidential Fury Propels Wolff Book to No. 1 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

Did you always dream that one day you would play a billionaire tech genius with an obscure genetic disease? In ‘Next,’ a ‘Mad Men’ Star Gets Madder 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

The blog aggregated research papers, local reports and obscure documents translated by contributors from multiple languages. How a blogger in Florida put out an early warning about the coronavirus crisis 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

But he presents this trope with loving humor, in parody that doesn’t quite obscure the earnestness of the message. Ragnar Kjartansson’s exuberant work at Hirshhorn is a party celebrating mediocrity 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

So does the slow-witted bride-to-be whose fiance wants her to wear "a long hat" at their wedding to obscure her face, and the B&B-owning swingers obliged to care for a comatose family member. Julia Davis: laughing in the dark 2012-08-10T22:00:36Z

He obscured the extent to which he “strip-mined” her story; he flattened her into a temptress. The Salacious Non-Mystery of “The Real Lolita” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Not silent, not hidden, but obscure: shadowed, unclear and difficult to grasp, but known and permitted. A Devastating Tale of War, a Tender Story of Love 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

One recurrent figure is a wildly dancing man, his face obscured by garlands of flowers. ‘Mogul Mowgli’ Review: Rapping for Dear Life 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Egerton’s archery skills are mighty impressive, but they’re augmented by chintzy effects, and obscured by set pieces so erratic that it’s hard to understand when they began, let alone why they’re happening. “Robin Hood” review: Revisionist history has never been dumber or more boring 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Scott has never been obscure exactly, but reputation rescue is nevertheless under way. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z

It may seem obvious, but the excitement of growing so! many! different! fruits! and! veggies! can obscure any instinct towards practicality. A newbie-friendly guide to starting a vegetable garden 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, a construction of concrete blocks obscures a photograph that, according to the wall label, shows a fireman carrying an injured child after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Art Review: If It?s About Atrocity, Does That Make It Good? 2011-06-16T20:47:42Z

The lakeshore gardens were pleasant though Mount Fuji’s peak was obscured by thick clouds. Update: Mount Fuji, So Popular It Hurts 2013-08-13T14:57:06Z

With the alterations ranging from obvious to juvenile to obscure, and the anonymous, deeply familiar format, there is little incentive, visually or intellectually, to remain engaged. Art in Review: ‘Revisionist Art: Thirty Works by Bob Dylan’ 2012-12-13T20:56:26Z

Three other new books are seemingly obscure, but actually quite illuminating. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

Though obscure in popular memory, the “cause” advocated by the Peoples Temple was nothing less than total revolution: the Jonestown agricultural settlement was intended as a utopian social experiment in communism. The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

He is best known for—that is, a little obscured by—his documenting, in more than twenty-five thousand photographs, the work of his friend Keith Haring. Tseng Kwong Chi, an “Ambiguous Ambassador” to Life in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

Ignoring a few of the more obscure technical categories, there was not one significant nomination of a black actor, writer or director. Oscar nominations shoot down Hollywood's black swans 2011-02-07T15:57:45Z

The first TikTok featured a teenager, whose face was obscured by the image of a giant crying baby’s face, dancing to “Teach Me How to Dougie” in the aisle of a sporting goods store. High Schools to TikTok: We’re Catching Feelings 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

I am also wondering if Vadic’s boss — obscured by, uh, changeling goo — is someone we will find familiar in the future. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: A Sinking Ship 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

First, its author is no obscure assistant professor, but the managing editor of Foreign Affairs, the premier American foreign policy journal. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Now, this summer, to celebrate the relaunch of our Web site, we’ll be sharing many of them—some famous and well loved, others obscure, but well loved by us. A Summer in the New Yorker Archive 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

These forays into haut-bourgeois Berlin can obscure the darker side of the city, but this aspect is an inextricable part of Berlin’s historical arc, and cannot be ignored. My Berlin: Reckoning With the Past 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

The list includes plenty of obscure names, as well as some Irish artists, including Snow Patrol, that will be familiar to American listeners even if the particular tracks are not. D.C. actor has personal connection to ‘All the Way’ — his father worked for LBJ 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

In other words, all the obscured nudity was a way to score some cheap laughs at some unfortunate person’s expense, not to provoke or titillate. Is There an Epidemic of Nudity on Primetime TV? 2013-06-10T17:18:38Z

For enthusiasts of the obscure there is now even such a thing as Paraguayan electro rock. In praise of ? the Paraguayan harp 2011-04-13T23:32:53Z

Louis was one of the fathers of the Objectivist movement, which treated poems as abstract objects, pregnant with obscure images and fragmented lines and phrases. Paul Zukofsky, Virtuoso Violinist and Literary Executor, Dies at 73 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Other obscure items listed include napkin holders, paint brushes, Christmas tree ornaments and "whips, harness and saddlery". Taylor Swift trademarks 'sick beat' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

What is interesting about the divers is that they dedicated their lives to something that is obscure, weird, or random because they are misfits and can't fit, and they found a place to fit. "Free Solo" filmmakers recreated Thai soccer team cave rescue: "A massive and chaotic operation" 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

Using songs such as this where their meaning is lost or obscured by the context is simply down to marketing. London Calling 2011-07-28T10:31:50Z

Mr. Abduraimov played so fast that the crisp, dancing rhythms of the finale became obscured. The Mariinsky in Two All-Russian Programs at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

A plot to “take back” large swaths of the Southwest is a theory that has aired not only on obscure right-wing blogs, but on Fox and CNN. Is aggression genetic? 2012-05-28T22:00:00Z

Paradise is gained and lost in the alternately beautiful and obscure “Paradisiacal Rites,” an often-overwhelming, exhausting performance work by the avant-garde company Saint Genet. Saint Genet show ‘Rites’ goes to extremes | Performance review 2013-05-18T21:57:04Z

“This is one of the most consequential documents in American history,” Mr. Kiffer said, holding up the 1777 commission naming Hamilton, then a promising but obscure military officer, aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington. Up From the Family Basement, a Little-Seen Hamilton Trove 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

If you’re headed to one or just a handful of countries, especially obscure ones not included in the above plans, consider purchasing a local SIM card. How to Pick a Cellphone Plan for Traveling Abroad 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

No doubt intentionally, the sound sources Mr. Dunn uses are usually obscured by his processes. Scott Johnson, Kyle Bobby Dunn and Dither Go Electric 2010-06-18T15:23:00Z

The exact number of fatalities in football’s early decades is unclear, because death and permanent injury sometimes occurred, as in Murray’s case, hours, days, even weeks after games, obscuring their direct links to football. Man-making, not man-breaking: How we expect boys to prove their manhood on the football field 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

Former publisher Dan Tokenhouse, a character who has come to Venice to pursue a career painting angry socialist-realist canvasses such as "Four Priests Rigging a Miracle", lives in a more obscure part of town. Aperitifs and frescoes: in Venice honoring novelist Anthony Powell 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

One piece features a more old-timey everyday item: a rocking chair, wrapped in patchwork, so its contours are obscured. In the galleries: Expect the unexpected as two artists engage in a ‘Surreal Dialogue’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

He was not obscure in any way, nor a subject for psychological investigation. Errol Morris: two sides to every scandal 2011-03-10T22:34:01Z

Imagine what a loss it would've been for the culinary and media worlds if Kish had become forever an obscure footnote, thanks to messing up Restaurant Wars. What we can learn from "Drag Race All Stars 7" and the magic of anxiety-free reality competition 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

This isn't exactly obscure – you probably know it even if you don't recognise the title – but nor is it I Will Survive. The perfect New Year's Eve playlist 2010-12-31T08:00:03Z

In both cases, casual corruption, usually obscured by several layers of secrecy and legal trickery, was finally laid bare. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

The curator Kenneth Clark got behind Palmer too, and came up with the "English Van Gogh" tag, which was once a useful shorthand but now perhaps obscures more than it reveals. Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by Rachel Campbell-Johnston - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z

The medium Juliet spoke from her position behind a black lacy curtain that partially obscured her face and body. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

In fact, the first Nasty Bits song to attract label attention on “Vinyl” is a cover of the Four Seasons’ “Beggars Parade,” based on an obscure version by the proto-no wave band Jack Ruby. ‘Vinyl’ Looks (and Listens) for Authenticity in Its Tunes 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

The titles tend to be obscure, and many were shot only on low-quality video to begin with. Arts & Leisure: Horror Film Goes Back to VHS Tape 2011-10-26T16:59:50Z

There were obscure symbols, shiny gadgets, altered masterpieces, and purloined artefacts. Dan Brown's Inferno: a tall writer offers his historic review 2013-05-14T06:01:01Z

He questioned why a photograph of the two men at the event obscured Mr. Suzuki’s face, whether the event even took place and, if it did, why there was no tape of it. Mark O’Connor Fans a Debate About the Suzuki Method 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

The more they drank onstage, the more they indulged a liking for obscure in-group nonsense, the louder the audience cheered. When the Rat Pack ruled supreme 2010-10-07T19:29:00Z

The time has come to reconsider Nijinska, too often relegated to the more obscure corners of ballet history. Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

He also coyly obscures the pair’s faces for a few beats, showing their images reflected on a glassy pane, a nod to their blurred on- and offscreen lives. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Her 40-odd essays offer both a sweeping survey of two decades of music and a microscopic examination of artists as familiar as Miley Cyrus and as obscure as the noise punk group Coughs. Jessica Hopper: Stop Telling Girls the Way They Listen to Music Is Wrong 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Despite the rumbling buzz surrounding this comic who has refined his skills for nine years, first in Chicago and then New York, obscure dance companies have been reviewed more often in the mainstream press. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z

He regularly appeared on American television, often delivering remarks that seemed obscure or tangential. Early Media Prophet Is Now Getting His Due 2011-07-25T22:25:36Z

When specialists at the National Archives recently inspected the Declaration of Independence, infrared light revealed the partially obscured signature of a hitherto unknown Founding Father named Brian Williams. Style Invitational: It’s birthday-parody time! Plus fake D.C. trivia. 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

His email protest accidentally triggered a subversive online campaign that might well see obscure Anglo-Japanese act The Frank Chickens crowned as the Australian lager's comics supreme. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

Jude may want to be obscure, but that seems an unrealisable dream. Jude Law on phone hacking, being 40 and his new film Side Effects 2013-03-03T19:00:01Z

But the show nonetheless does its job, tracing the trajectory of Mr. Cattelan’s career from the obscure to the overly clear, with some memorably resonant moments along the way. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z

"I'm sure they are nice old codgers, but I'm afraid I find their work serious-minded to the point of pain and obscure of purpose." Race hots up 2010-05-18T12:23:00Z

The finished product reached the record racks last week; the Beatles had supervised even the album cover — a mind-blowing collage of famous and obscure people, plants and artifacts. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Black dominates many of the pictures, perhaps to obscure what the artists thought were missteps. Review | In the galleries: Art, interrupted, in ‘Carte Blanche,’ curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

She pauses frequently, thoughtfully, referencing obscure film theory or esoteric essays. At Hammer Museum's 'Made in L.A.' biennial, Martine Syms makes her moment 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Churchwell strenuously resists any implication “that the American dream was invented as a fig leaf to protect white privilege, to obscure the racist foundations of the capitalist system in institutional slavery.” How ‘America First’ and ‘American Dream’ Went From Hazy Sentiments to Loaded Clichés 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

An obscure property regulation could be the reason a Planned Parenthood in Florida may not be able to provide abortion care, ultrasounds and other services. The right’s sneaky antiabortion plot: Using obscure property regulations to close providers 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

That might sound very obscure but it really is true. Twin Peaks: 20 years on 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

In concert last month at the Bowery Ballroom, he delivered these songs as if assembling them on the spot, a crooner in control of the marionette strings, but not trying to obscure his process. The New Indie Pop: Off-Kilter, Handmade, Whimsical and Emotional 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

That makes Antony’s dilemma vivid, even if his feelings about it churn and obscure his thinking, which is worth exploring. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Indeed, there was so much uncertainty about how to present Lazenby to a curious and even skeptical public that in some advertisements his face was deliberately obscured. 50 Years Later, This Bond Film Should Finally Get Its Due 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

This should make Sony’s eclectic assembly of some 125 comparatively obscure titles from its Columbia Pictures library more accessible to collectors. Video: Classic Cowboys, Back on the Range 2011-03-26T00:16:44Z

The intimidating, even obfuscating aura of respect for his work among cinephiles magnifies its machismo and intelligence, but obscures its humour. The dark comedy of Werner Herzog 2011-03-05T00:07:49Z

Sometimes, the bottles have been obscure, as the general esteem in which a region is held is inversely proportional to value. 12 Wines Under $12: How Low Can You Go and Still Find Values? 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

People often ask me why, in the digital age, libraries still have print books with obscure coded labels. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

“We started to discover these really funny, quirky, obscure characters that a lot of people didn’t know,” says David Rudman. New kids’ TV show emerges from the Mister Rogers universe 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

He thinks the romantic allure of Lawrence’s accomplishments should not obscure the great foresight, planning abilities and meticulousness for which he should be equally famous. Books Of the Times: Lawrence: Fresh Look at Warrior of Desert 2010-11-21T22:37:00Z

The story hurls us from Baltimore, to Berlin, to Paris, to an obscure Polish town — as breathlessly as that trumpet player finishing a long, heartfelt riff. "Half-Blood Blues:" Jazz musicians in the jaws of the Nazis 2012-03-15T20:52:03Z

It’s a wiki-style site that posts song lyrics and invites users to offer explanations for potentially obscure references or difficult-to-understand phrasings. Riff: Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard Song Lyrics 2012-07-13T18:54:28Z

When she holds her phone up for what would be the social media standard mirror selfie, her reflection is doubly obscured – both her entire body and her phone are under wraps. Saudi Runaway: behind a suspenseful and courageous documentary 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

But the tabloid frenzy over this high-profile case obscures the dogged and far less glamorous work of the prosecutors and investigators of this pioneering crime unit, which investigates roughly 300 cases at any given time. Inside the Sex Crimes Unit Prosecuting DSK 2011-06-22T05:55:00Z

The record, whose title song is an obscure, country-inflected Bob Dylan number, has the feel of a sullen concept album by a woman who feels abandoned. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Other elements remain obscure, such as context about a rambling, incriminating letter in which he wrote about becoming a “cold-blooded killer.” “Dr. Death” and the Perils of Making Medical Malpractice a Thriller 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Some users complain that more obscure tastes are not catered for. Music streaming for the masses 2013-02-02T07:01:13Z

Their room in the Turner prize exhibition contains a 45-minute film made of fragments of other films, a row of TV sets playing an obscure documentary about Ancient Greece, and a densely packed book. Which artist should win the Turner prize? 2010-12-06T14:27:00Z

Similarly, Xavier’s poetry seems to dance around a subject that’s been obscured — something about his own struggle or perhaps the patterns of exploitation and neglect in the history of B-boying. Review: Raphael Xavier, Breaking Out of Boxes, Barely 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

But it also stretches into unexpected places, such as an obscure Denver talent agency that referred two of Cosby’s future accusers to the star for mentoring. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations

It obscures a far more important question: How do both places create a true regional cuisine, a cuisine of place? | Daniel Patterson on East vs. West 2010-09-23T13:00:00Z

Sometimes, when someone wants to leave a relationship, they will create a smokescreen to obscure the real reasons they want to leave. Perspective | Ask Amy: Neighbors overhear caregiver daughter’s screams at her elderly dad 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

But his sinewy account made an irrefutable case that the composer's revisions enhanced rather than obscured the symphony. Northern Sinfonia/Zehetmair – review 2013-06-12T16:57:53Z

"We'd never seen anything like this, which is what made the tape all the more remarkable," said Jim Murphy, vice president for morning programming at CNN, which chose not to obscure the image. Technology gives bracing immediacy to police shooting story 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

The effect occasionally brings on pop-culture whiplash — wait, how did we get on to the subject of the obscure TV series “My Strange Addiction”? | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z

Her subjects may be three now largely obscure builders — a German Jew, an Englishman and an Arab — but "Till We Have Built Jerusalem" is very much a book about the present. Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

The owners, it emerges, are brothers belonging to the Mazg, an obscure ethnic group whose history is bound up with its sourdough starter. Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ comes in a powerful audiobook version you’ve got to hear 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

I would look down from my dormitory room window onto a campus dominated by fraternities with their obscure, occasionally cruel, rituals. Their Inner Beasts: ‘Lord of the Flies’ Six Decades Later 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

But that numerical justification can’t obscure the real explanation, which is that for generations, parents have been turning to libraries to satisfy their children’s thirst for stories. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

Bush died, the staff arranged for the former president’s family to have use of Air Force One, as is customary, but obscured most of the details from Trump for fear of his reaction. Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around, but a new book details his insecurities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

With every new crossroad, each path becomes more obscure. “Black Mirror” ’s “Bandersnatch” and the Pitfalls of Interactive Fiction 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Myerson had been trying to write a biographical sketch of Mary Yelloly, an obscure young woman from a well-to-do Regency family who left behind a book of drawings of her life in Suffolk. Julie Myerson: a life in writing 2013-03-22T17:17:00Z

Her femininity loosens them all up a bit, a predictable narrative turn nearly obscured by Ronan's believable performance. The Way Back: A Good Walk, Almost Spoiled 2011-01-21T09:35:00Z

But the reflection of the sun obscured her name. A 50-year-old mystery: Who’s that wading in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

It also benefited from the Apple marketing mystique: The first iPod commercial featured nothing more than a man dancing to a track by an obscure electronica band. The end of the iPod: Goodbye to the little box that changed everything

“World on a Wire,” an obscure two-part television movie he made in 1973, is a textbook example of a film that was ahead of its time. Film: A Bold Vision, Still Ahead of Its Time 2010-04-04T03:02:00Z

It will be bleeped on the air and her mouth will be obscured by pixilation, and viewers will get the impression that her character used the actual F-word. Toddler?s Cuss Word on ?Modern Family? Draws Ire 2012-01-18T17:14:02Z

The prosthetics are a marvel, the topography of the faces they obscure impossible to predict. What Is It About Dating Shows Where Contestants Can’t See Each Other? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

Rick and Morty episodes are loaded cultural references from movies, books, and television shows, which range from painfully obvious to the vague and obscure. Everything Dan Harmon Told Us About Rick and Morty Season 3 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

To paraphrase Brontë’s most famous protagonist, no matter how obscure or little they may be, they are still full of heart and soul, much like these books. Charlotte Brontë and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Before the World Knew Them 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

In the video for “Police State,” the band’s members also wear ski masks, which have the added benefit of conferring anonymity: The group’s membership is rotating and sometimes obscure. Pussy Riot Takes Aim at Trump and Putin in New Song 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

For a decade now, “American Idol” has been winning fans with its weekly wallop of suspense and surprise, along with a fairy-tale conceit that fortune can smile on even the most obscure among us. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z

That is one reason Mr. Liaigre has a weakness for a particular and obscure art form: extravagantly carved coconuts. Possessed: Christian Liaigre Is a Minimalist With a Taste for Ornate Coconuts 2012-10-19T23:12:24Z

Yep, the shorter layers of hair that usually frame her face and obscure her forehead were slicked away to the side for a hairstyle that created the illusion of all-one-length locks. Renee Zellweger looks different on red carpet, world freaks out 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Four rotating taps offer unusual beers from regional Czech and Bavarian producers, with several oddball specialties available in bottles, like the Regenator doppelbock from Germany’s obscure J. B. Falter label. Next Stop: In Pilsen, Beer?s Not the Only Thing on Tap 2011-05-27T18:52:25Z

That may seem like a big leap, but Alt Shift X points out that including the obscure House Hardyng makes the correlation appear less than coincidental. This Unexpected Marriage May Be Game of Thrones' Next Big Twist 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Is it earned by meritorious works or granted by the obscure operations of grace? | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z

Do the highs and lows reveal or obscure who they really are? Bipolar memoirs: What have I done? 2013-04-26T06:30:11Z

This excellent show should not obscure the fact that these artists have yet to receive their due from New York museums. Art in Review: ?CIRCLE OF FRIENDS?: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roy DeForest, Peter Saul, and William T. Wiley 2011-08-18T20:45:29Z

His acts were rooted in endurance, skill and pain tolerance, obscured by seemingly unexplainable magic. At the Houdini Museum, in Scranton, Pa., indulge in a different kind of escape 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Friss ties his account to a series of characters, some well known and some more obscure. Tales on Two Wheels: Cycling in Fact and Fiction 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

More often — as in the case of the “My Dinner With Andre” parody — the series would riff on something more obscure, particularly by the standards of network television. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Community’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

And framing it as a series helps obscure the fact that amid all the dresses and skirts and shorts there aren’t really any new ideas — the series itself is the idea. Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

On our first afternoon in Buenaventura, Jessie and I went for a walk with Leo, a park guard, who identified dozens of obscure whistles and tweets emanating from the forest. Wing tips: Bird-watching adventures high in the Andes Mountains 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The paintings themselves are very obscure, full of fleeting meanings. Knockout. Hero. Genius: Cy Twombly 2011-07-06T20:30:03Z

In “Just like Velveteen Rabbit, Mech Standing,” the largest and center panel, the mech’s beatific pose echoes an obscure, winged shape sketched into the pulsing lavender shadows in butter yellow and grass. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

It's virtually impossible to talk about obscure albums without things descending into a tedious bore-off. The best obscure albums: Guardian writers pick their hidden treasures 2013-01-10T17:11:02Z

“The illusion of Versailles as a village square obscures how varied Cuban Miami is, and that Cuban-Americans are not a monolith,” she said. Life After Castro at Miami’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

The resulting look, as space-expanding as it is soothingly cohesive, merges and melds, erasing boundaries and, in many cases, obscures erratic architecture. Ten rooms where repeating patterns are used to glorious effect 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

It particularly obscures the rural homes of neighboring locals who opted not to sell their property to the development, blocking their former views of dunes and sea. The Walls Before Trump’s Wall 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

His face obscured by his long hair, singer-guitarist Jim James leads the ragged glory, spinning around and sliding across the stage on his knees. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z

In the video, he obscures himself: male and female models lip-synch his vocals, and the leather jacket from the “Faith” video is set on fire. George Michael’s Pop Paradise 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

The memorial looks tiny, and is periodically obscured by bushes. Charleston Needs That African American Museum. And Now. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The vivid visual images, and Edd Key's rousingly twangy and well-executed musical arrangements of famous/obscure Guthrie tunes, are the prime draw here. Seattle troupe brings back Woody Guthrie tribute, with marionettes and song 2012-09-19T17:56:03Z

We read a line of poetry twice not just because it was obscure the first time but because something in that obscurity flashed the possibility of deeper meaning. Perspective | Robert Frank’s photographs captured the bleak reality we’re still living in today 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Jewish groups say the statue, by portraying the country as a victim, will obscure the role played by Hungarians in deporting and killing Jews during the war. Anti-Semitism taboo under threat in Hungary 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The result is a movie that handsomely depicts a great woman’s circumstances, while leaving her most liberated ideas obscure. Review: ‘Lou Andreas-Salomé’ Places a Great Woman in Her Time 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

“I stumbled upon that record years ago when I was searching for obscure material to sample,” RZA said. Yoko Ono’s Vintage Sonic Blasts Still Sound Like the Future 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

Muñoz was the first person to use the term “terrorist drag” to describe the work of Davis—in particular, the way she interrogated rather than obscured her cultural otherness. The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

You just look up and it’s like, ‘What is that? Some obscure furrier from 1938?’ Roz Chast in Full View (Body Scan Included) 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

It's obscure from your world and my world, the Anglo-Western world. From "Black Panther" to "RRR," the new "Story of Film" honors innovation, influence of global cinema 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

The conversation obscures the fact that there is already a predominant genre, in full sway — in the flourishing of first-person narratives, the innumerable pandemic diaries in every discipline. In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

More than that, Clark says, she worries that the case's entertainment value obscures the tragedy at the trial's heart. Marcia Clark on how her new book is different than the old Marcia, Marcia, Marcia 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

There’s a kind of elation in seeing both famous and obscure phrases from the plays plucked and resituated, the effect first-rate — distancing, salutary. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

If you want to make a valid point try pouring wines that are more readily available, not from relatively obscure regions like Jura and Crete. Five Common Wine Myths, Debunked 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

These writers — who stay interested in smallness, strangeness and the obscure — have a way of lasting. Times Critics Discuss Their Year in Books, From New Talents to Old Favorites 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Clayton’s voice has filled out, Elder said, “but the strength and passion in his singing has not obscured its delicacy and gentle expressiveness.” ‘A Vocal Figure Skater’ Makes His Mark as an Operatic Hamlet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

Kamenetz often relies on verbal contortions that obscure any clear actors. ‘Why Was It So Hard?’: How the Pandemic Changed Our Children 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Companionship is also at the core of “Non Solus,” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where a curtain of sorts obscures the stage of the Howard Gilman Opera House before the show begins. Suspended in Air, Searching for Connection in Two High-Flying Shows 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

“Good Kid” is in fact the name of one of Seth’s numbers, which Cooley, in a flawless Broadway debut, delivers with charm that does not obscure their ruminative, perseverative nature. Review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ Both Great and Small, Seizes the Day 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

When the effects pile on, nearly obscuring the play's dramatic musculature, you want to call in an editor. 5 plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: a critic's take 2011-07-31T04:07:15Z

Shrouded in mystery, the annual awards are legendary for casting a spotlight upon relatively obscure academics, activists and artists. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners step into the spotlight: ‘Is this really happening?’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

What he often finds interesting in past pieces is an odd dissonance, a technical peculiarity or a structural twist, but in his best works these small inspirations are usually obscured. A Composer Finds the Old in the New 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The star, wearing a baseball cap and a white hoodie that partially obscured her face, was holding daughter North as she got into a waiting SUV. Kim Kardashian West departs NYC apartment with kids & Kanye 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Croatina is one of those obscure grape varieties that fill Italy’s amazingly diverse vineyards. 5 wines to match your grilled food, including two affordable rosés 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

It prizes performers and bands that do a lot of avoiding themselves: obscure or reclusive or misunderstood or intransigent or semi-extant, forerunners and satellites and outsiders, the post- and pre- and para-. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z

Light falls, from the same angle as in the painting, through a small Breuer window that the Whitney and Met often obscured. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

In each case, the full nudity is obscured by pixilation or strategically placed objects. Group: More implied nudity on broadcast TV 2012-08-20T16:31:09Z

But mostly, it’s all head-scratchingly obscure, as if Ms. Markey were still a young girl intentionally trying to baffle her elders by speaking in a secret coded language. Review: ‘A Ride on the Irish Cream,’ Erin Markey’s Tale of an Odd Affair 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Obscuring the faces and obscuring the dialogue to kind of lessen their power so it wasn't all about words or all about people. Exclusive 'Fight Club 2' pages: Tyler Durden's been around for longer than we thought 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Sung and played with freshness and spirit by the Venice Baroque and six youthful soloists, this disc – full of showpiece da capo arias and gleeful coloratura – may up your game on the obscure opera front. L'Olympiade: the Opera ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:27Z

Removing this work from a stairwell fatally obscures its narrative of climbing stairs. Reconnecting With Keith Haring’s Grace House Mural (in 13 Pieces) 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

The orchestral players did their usual fine job of managing a long evening of obscure music with distinction, lacking only the keenest edge of authority at times. Music Review: American Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘Hungary Torn’ 2013-05-03T22:12:20Z

“Stay and Fight” succeeds in mapping the obscure psychological and emotional territory that defines a life caught between commitment and ambivalence, between rebellion and resignation. A Contemporary Feminist Spin on the Traditional Pioneer Novel 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Hers is the most famous voice, but only one among dozens of people Mr. Lieberman interviewed — some shown with their faces obscured, almost all left unidentified on screen. In Aung San Suu Kyi?s Myanmar: Two New Films 2012-02-21T23:15:35Z

I don’t remember the game itself, either because I was sent to bed or the action was obscure to young eyes, on a small, fuzzy screen. Cold War Puck: The Beauties of Russian Hockey 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

In the show’s present-day Tulsa, police officers don yellow masks that mostly obscure their faces, for their protection, particularly against an uprising of white supremacists called the Seventh Kavalry. Review | ‘Watchmen’ is a fantastic riff on race and justice — and an excellent reason to keep HBO 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

This has obscured the fact that activism is internally contentious by nature. The Somehow Controversial Women’s March on Washington 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

A later congressional librarian believed it was a military tune of obscure origins; others attributed it to Samuel Arnold, who had published a volume of Anacreontic melodies. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

An Instagram video from Kelly shows Fox wearing the two merged rings he had made for the occasion, with a diamond and an emerald that form “the obscure heart that is our love.” Machine Gun Kelly takes knee under tree, Megan Fox says yes 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

An obscure Russian sect of agrarian Christians known as the Molokans immigrated to Mexico around 1905 and put their farming talents to the test of the desert. An Unexpected Wine Sanctuary in Baja California 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

From the age of 14 I was in a youth theatre that toured obscure works by Brecht adapted to be searing commentaries on the miners' strike that was going on around us. 100% arts funding cut? This Newcastle budget is an act of vandalism 2012-12-18T15:45:01Z

The term "bear" began as an obscure reference to men who felt like outliers in the gay community. 'Where the Bears Are' strikes a comic chord with a gay subculture 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The Mail's Quentin Letts did find some fleeting promise early on – "despite the revolting language" – but this was soon obscured by a stack of other weaknesses. What to say about ... The Gods Weep | Leo Benedictus 2010-03-22T12:09:00Z

“They embarked on a campaign to obscure the truth, to lead the investigation in a completely wrong direction,” Balian said. Prosecutor: Durst had ‘playbook’ on getting away with murder 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Johnson also takes pride in shining a light on the obscure royalties known as foreign levies, which are special taxes levied in foreign countries to compensate authors for the reuse and copy of their work. 'Go-to' L.A. lawyer says Hollywood studios are shortchanging his clients 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

In one chilling scene meant to recall the crucifixion of Spartacus' army on Rome's Appian Way, the night obscures bodies hanging from trees. "The Underground Railroad" is a relentlessly tough, yet gorgeously rendered television masterpiece 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

For the first few weeks of quarantine, I found solace in learning to roll and braid babka, ordering obscure ingredients online and finally cracking open my Yotam Ottolenghi cookbooks. This simple ham and cheese galette is like a grown-up Hot Pocket 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z

Is it difficult to play a wedding set when you've built up all that knowledge of how to work a crowd or drop obscure records at the right time? Andrew Weatherall: 'Never take the Guardian on to a building site' 2013-02-06T16:50:00Z

But “Mrs. America” tells a more obscure and less sensationalist story. ‘Mrs. America’ Depicts a Different Kind of Feminist: The Anti- Kind 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

It's a combination of playing and sampling ... some pretty obscure records. Beastie Boys album 'delayed indefinitely' ... but follow-up is on schedule 2010-10-19T09:25:00Z

I knew numerous great upcoming comics but I thought they were too obscure for BBC1 so I left him to his own choices. Michael McIntyre: lowest-common-denominator entertainer or comedy saviour? 2010-09-17T10:21:00Z

It's also a real nostalgia trip to hear more obscure tracks such as "Radio America" and "Tell the King". The Libertines 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

When Marvel Studios announced plans to make a movie about the obscure super-team "Guardians of the Galaxy," the project seemed like one for hardcore Marvel fans only and maybe even the first Marvel flop. 'Guardians' is another marvel of movie entertainment 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

An early instance of this fragmentation is that image of the naked woman stretched out across the screen like one of art’s innumerable courtesans, a bent leg demurely obscuring her pubis. Movie Review: Philippe Garrel’s ‘Burning Hot Summer,’ With Monica Bellucci 2012-06-28T23:21:23Z

BEND, Ore. — To the west, the Cascade Range was obscured by a shroud of clouds. Lots of winter mountain biking in Central Oregon 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Leaves obscure the lofty landmark almost to the moment that I reach the base and it appears magically above the forest. Kentucky's Red River Gorge 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z

Now we all live in the presence of a digital cinémathèque, and more and more previously obscure films become widely available with each passing month. Film: Movie Love for Paris, City of Klieg Lights 2010-08-14T14:22:00Z

But by using this relatively obscure term, he implies the more common designation, horror, is unconcerned with politics or social issues, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Why Are We Ashamed to Call ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Shape of Water’ Horror Films? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

They gather on street corners, in crowded discos and in abandoned buildings that serve as drug markets, their faces obscured or invisible. Review: The Mafia in ‘Gomorrah,’ Reminiscent of ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

This is a key moment for the thousands of videos that turned this obscure dance track into a YouTube sensation – the signal that transforms each clip into a rowdy, air-humping bonanza. Harlem Shake creator could lose royalties over uncleared samples 2013-03-12T10:35:23Z

And I’m going to pick this obscure location on top of another obscure location knowing that you’ll find it.’” King Phojanakong, Pioneer of Filipino Food in New York, Dies at 54 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

That obscuring fog gathers around the contemporary masters, too. George Saunders Conducts a Cheery Class on Fiction’s Possibilities 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

It’s that kind of absurdity that nearly obscures the horror of what can happen to the church’s inner circle. HBO’s ‘Going Clear’ details Scientology’s theater of the surreal 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

He and Ms. Myers have researched the topic for three decades, consulting sources as obscure as shopkeepers’ bills and paint still encrusted on artists’ palettes. Antiques: Commeraw Pottery and a Siqueiros Mural 2011-10-13T20:38:56Z

He tells a pre-Internet days story of being at the bar at a science fiction convention and hearing two women — former Pentagon key-punch operators — talking about computer viruses, then obscure and mysterious. William Gibson coaxes the future out of the present 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Then on Monday, the paper one upped itself, with a photo of Mrs. Trump, this time with her nipple obscured in a red star, nude and in the embrace of another naked woman. Stop slobbering over Melania’s model past: NY Post’s photo fixation is insulting and irrelevant 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

Amazon can sell millions of books by obscure authors, while at the same time those authors, when they get their Amazon receipts, will see that they have sold only five books in a year. Are books dead, and can authors survive? 2011-08-22T16:21:14Z

We're going to be obscurer than thou and call them a bucolic Music Go Music. New band of the day ? No 959: Marthas & Arthurs 2011-02-02T16:37:42Z

As the four Kong brothers and their equally ambitious wives and concubines steer Explosion from obscure mountain village to seething mega-city, pride swells into megalomania. Build, and they will come 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

But some obscure impulse draws you back, a subtle detail, a familiar face, begging further scrutiny. Cheeky ?Ads? With a Whiff of Parody 2011-11-04T17:53:12Z

It would be a significant increase from the inaugural event in 2004, when just over 100 attendees packed ear-to-elbow into the tiny BAMcafé to dance to a handful of obscure bands. Afropunk Festival Hosts 60 Acts Over Two Days in Brooklyn 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

A city I knew and loved, it struck me as a masterpiece obscured by smudged glass. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

He pores over the evidence, such as it is — “dark surmises, grave suspicions, ambiguous phrases, obscure scraps of dialogue drawn from half-remembered phone conversations” — and he also gives vent to his own imaginings. Books of The Times: Power Struggles and Riddles, in Romance and Political Intrigue 2010-11-23T23:27:00Z

Because the centrality of racism to American history has often been obscured, revisions adding racial realism are urgently needed. Was the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Designed to Protect Slavery? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Metaphors and analogies are essential to good science writing, but used unwisely they confuse or obscure rather than clarify. Jo Marchant on science writing: 'You need a burning curiosity' 2013-03-13T07:00:01Z

In 2014, Marvel turned Guardians of the Galaxy, an obscure comic featuring aliens, a talking raccoon and a monosyllabic tree, into a massive hit. Here’s Why Hollywood Will Never Stop Making Spider-Man Movies 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

The term "toxic masculinity" was obscure in the 1990s and early 2000s. "Toxic masculinity": what does it mean, where did it come from — and is the term useful or harmful? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ashbery liked clichés and obscuring antecedents in the service of capturing what he called “the experience of experience.” John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

Over the years, those wall paintings deteriorated or were obscured by plaster. Murals at Harlem Hospital Get a New Life 2012-09-16T21:53:05Z

As I learned when I interviewed her last month, she can be entertainingly animated even when speaking about some dry, obscure fact. Women’s Voices Festival a Potent Reminder of Who Goes Unheard Onstage 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

After graduating from college and moving to Brooklyn, Carter pours his endless wealth into studio equipment and obscure, 1920s era Blues recordings, culminating in the fabrication of Charlie Shaw’s “Graveyard Blues.” In his novel 'White Tears,' Hari Kunzru delves into the blues, white appropriation and our violent past 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

This all ends in a spectacular closing fight scene, as Murdock takes his revenge on the mobsters in a chaotic, close-quarters fight, which we see from the occasional obscured viewpoint. Daredevil Episode 2 recap: 'Cut Man' -- Knocked down, but never knocked out 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

ReeferSutherland: "An obscure Japanese film named Frog River features a hilarious scene with the naked protagonist dancing to some good ol' New York house music in the buff." Clip joint: the five best police chiefs on film 2013-05-08T12:55:00Z

When he held his first solo exhibition, at Wellington's Architectural Centre in 1954, his paintings were dismissed by the critic of the Wellington Evening Post, who denounced abstract art as "an obscure cult". Don Peebles obituary 2010-05-02T17:23:00Z

There are also special guests, including the obscure but impressively prolific director Michael J Murphy, who talks about his 50-year career of creating low-budget shock horror such as Invitation To Hell and The Last Night. This week's new film events 2013-01-12T06:00:10Z

At times, these complexities have remained obscure unless clarified by the gallery’s news release, making the work feel hermetic and precious. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

There was a time when the crossover-culture market was sufficiently obscure or contained that this problem was circumvented easily enough. All mixed up: Ready Player One's pop-culture crossovers are just empty nostalgia 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

She and her American executive producer, Don Frantz, say they think that Lee’s music holds the promise of wider popularity for a form that is still relatively obscure in the world’s most populous nation. Does the road to Broadway pass through Beijing?  2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

It will be interesting to see whether the rules are changed in the future to discourage or obscure individual and amateur efforts that might draw attention from partners like Disney and CBS. Critic?s Notebook: YouTube Redesign Herds Those Funny Cats 2011-12-14T04:26:09Z

It would look at many different parts of the country, many different sectors of society, at people who had made it, people who had not made it, people who were struggling, celebrities, obscure people. George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z

But the writings are sometimes erased or obscured, and they are usually abbreviated. - The Washington Post 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

But too often she overreaches, obscuring the more subtle turns of the text. ‘Mud/Drowning’ Review: 3 Fools, 3 Kooks, 2 Bizarre Plays 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

New York City is flooded with young people who consciously or unconsciously obscure the degree to which their parents have helped them, especially during their student years. Refinery29, Kylie Jenner, and the Denial Underlying Millennial Financial Resentment 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Some team — I’m not even sure what team it was — years ago asked to license an instrumental piece of music that I’d done, a pretty obscure piece of music, too. David Byrne discusses his new documentary “Contemporary Color”: “Whoever decided what culture is, has kind of overlooked this” 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

It was a throat-catching moment, but the applause it engendered obscured her lines. Sovremennik and the gates of hell 2011-01-04T21:31:00Z

He doesn't look to obscure works of art or exotic locales for inspiration, although, he allows, there might be the subtle influence from time to time from a Turner Classic movie. Thom Browne might be more 'suit' than you'd think 2013-03-14T19:06:15Z

Then there is the run of a library full of wonders: obscure medical texts, maps, local lore and gruesome oddities. Annie Proulx 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

They’ve used paint, glitter, hair and flower petals to obscure them. Will Instagram Ever ‘Free the Nipple’? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

“Having people with genuine interests in obscure or overlooked areas” has worked best, he said. At ‘Boring’ Event: Lamppost History and Puzzle-Assembling 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Rather than the highbrow and sometimes obscure names usually touted for the Nobel, this list includes J.K. An Alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, Judged by You 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

One of my favourite things to do, still, is to venture alone into an obscure venue and ask to see the next show, knowing nothing about it. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-17T20:31:01Z

“Human Head Cake Box Murder” from around 1940 is an overhead view of detectives in fedoras at a crime scene; everyone’s face is obscured, except the subject mentioned in the photograph’s title. Art Review: What Photographers Saw After Sunset 2011-04-29T05:30:10Z

A living organism composed of other living organisms, tentacles extending and connecting to form a network so far obscured to the casual observer that it was nearly impossible to tell it was connected at all. Road trip to Powder Keg City: The collapse of Seattle's autonomous zone 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z

Their rationale for being there indefinitely has become as obscure as the path to victory. Three Kings at 20: the war movie where anything was possible 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, they tend to be obscured by the flood of data on the fluctuations of the stock market or the latest employment numbers. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z

The steady four-on-the-floor is often a muffled pulse, as if pounded on a bale of cotton; ambient buzzes and whooshes obscure moving parts. Playlist: New Work From White Rabbits and Magic Youth 2012-03-11T03:09:07Z

For years, Sparber promoted an obscure California state rule on furniture flammability, one that manufacturers met by adding flame retardant chemicals to the foam in sofas and easy chairs. Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push 2012-05-08T05:00:00Z

Nothing gets in the way of country music like country music: the hats and the sequins can often fatally obscure the singer and the song. This week's new live music 2012-11-17T00:05:27Z

“It’s the logic of an obscured atmosphere that allows for transgressive behavior to be undetected by all but the knowing participants.” In Venice, Center of Cruising, a Biennale Show About Hooking Up 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Each year, some of the most anticipated films of the fall season from high-profile directors are rolled out alongside small, often obscure debuts that await discover. Venice Film Festival Commits to Diversification 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

For the closing set, Röyksopp and the band were dressed all in black, with shiny silver masks obscuring their faces. Robyn and Röyksopp: robot pillow talk & more at Marymoor | Concert review 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

That is 52 hours of random, obscure songs, forgotten usually for a good reason, bound together by nothing but state lines. Radio review: Tim Rice's American Pie 2010-07-09T05:44:00Z

While Blanchard’s score moved comfortably between bars, college parties and fraught, tender nocturnes, “Fire” was fairly turgid as drama, its individual sequences clear but the broader conflicts driving its characters obscure. At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

Instead, the 2 ½-hour, 28-song set in front of a packed house was one for the diehards, a celebration of some of the more obscure back roads of the quintet’s considerable legacy. Concert review: Pearl Jam at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011-09-04T09:02:00Z

Several people waylay me to enthuse about the sheer brilliance of an obscure "comedy about goats" and no, I haven't seen that one either. Cannes film festival diary: Certified Copies and Biutiful discoveries 2010-05-18T14:09:00Z

Here are picks from showcasing Texans, from the obvious to the relatively obscure. Texas Monthly: Some 400 Texas Bands, Like Bright Light Social Hour, Are at SXSW 2012 2012-03-10T22:32:29Z

The chorus of animators sits in the back of the stage, obscured visually and vocally. An opera about Walt Disney, in commuting distance of Disneyland 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

As the conversation I overheard in the gym illustrates, this way of thinking is especially dangerous because it obscures the message that, in fact, small changes in diet can have a large beneficial impact. Why we fell for clean eating 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

But hastening to point this out sometimes obscures the changes we still need to make. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

Indeed, the only branded area on the body was really the foot, where Nikes were impossible to obscure, and the bridge of the nose, where the Persols, mirrored aviators and Oliver Peoples rest. How to Dress Down Like a Power Player 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

But if he is Tang Dong, why is he toiling as a paper-maker in this obscure hamlet? Dragon: The One-Armed Swordsman With a Heart 2012-11-29T15:00:15Z

At the time of writing, he says, he is never conscious of being obscure or inaccessible. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

It is a pleasant, quiet, conservative town that would be as obscure as Leamington Spa were it not for the fact that in the 1870s Richard Wagner decided to build an opera house there. A-Z of Wagner: B is for Bayreuth 2013-01-30T16:14:10Z

Q: So do you like unpacking more obscure stuff, like “Dazzle Ships” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark? | Mark Ronson: An Admirer Of Tight Production, But of Sludge, Too 2010-10-03T02:00:00Z

In real newsrooms these dynamics are frequently obscured. The Sexual Predator’s TV Wife 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

Let it Snow!” and the obscure “Christmas Blues,” tossed into the heady mix like extra nutmeg in the eggnog. Music Review: Steve Tyrell at Café Carlyle 2012-11-29T21:01:31Z

He talks to USA Today about the little girl on his lap Wednesday night, his obscure song choice and returning to his day job: playing music. • Recognize the girl in this viedo? 'American Idol' news roundup for Friday, May 20 2010-05-21T19:01:00Z

A young woman, fleeing from some obscure menace, races out of a house into a bleak, stark, existentially empty landscape. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z

Why an artist of such gifts ended up so badly – dying broke and obscure in 2007, at age 62 – will forever be open to debate. The jazz singer: Telling a tragic tale on film 2011-02-21T14:21:00Z

The phrase was originally "practically unsinkable" and was from an obscure engineering journal, but after a while it didn't matter. Titanic's legacy: A fascination with disasters 2012-03-31T22:31:05Z

This matter of hidden code, of obscured histories, is central to the book in a larger sense. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

She transformed an obscure single written two decades earlier by George Usher, a local musician, from a middling power-pop number into something transcendent. The Big City Is Good for Country Music 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

It’s mostly stuff for kids and families but that does not obscure the fact that failing to bundle Start the Party with the standard Move system was a mistake. ArtsBeat: Bowling, Golfing and Shooting With the Sony Move 2010-10-15T22:50:00Z

I thought it was a way to emotionally ground the film, and of course these characters are very obscure figures, so there was no film or photographic evidence of them. The makers of ‘Teenage’ discuss youth culture, from Nazi Germany to the Internet age

How refreshing to access words without fighting through the obscuring fog of a “brand.” ‘In the Margins’ Offers a Path Into Elena Ferrante’s Mind 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

As the British critic Rupert Christiansen wrote of a recent production, “The fierce simplicity of the tale gets obscured by flummery and faux religiosity.” Critic’s Notebook: Mark Morris Directing Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2013-07-30T20:59:50Z

The creeds are the product of a very secular chain of political and intellectual influences, serving to obscure the historical core of what was new in Jesus's life and work. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z

For almost four hours, the crowd — mostly young men, several shirtless, many with their faces painted — was intensely engaged, rapping along to even the more obscure artists on the lineup. Music Review: Face Paint and (Playful) Fistfighting for This Tribe in Brooklyn 2010-06-15T23:02:00Z

In January, Shakespeare Theatre’s Michael Kahn will reprise “The Metromaniacs,” an obscure French comedy adapted by David Ives that proved popular earlier this year. ‘Man of La Mancha’ bound for Broadway again? 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Effects that were obscure on the recording — the biting texture of the sepulchral brasses in the opening bars, for example — were vivid in the Carnegie account. Music Review: Philip Glass 75th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-01T23:17:25Z

Food companies have always relied on obscuring information to exploit workers, farmers and consumers, so pushes toward greater transparency are important for holding companies accountable. How Hormel exploited confusion over the natural label 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

Unintimidated by the presence of the Bard’s canon or the paucity of the historical record, O’Farrell creates Shakespeare before the radiance of veneration obscured everyone around him. Review | Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ reimagines the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

If we don’t, we are accused of deliberately trying to obscure a part of ourselves, when really we are still just trying to work out how to embrace it all. Living on the borderline: how I embraced my mixed-race status after years of denial 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

The spare setup did a good job of highlighting the dexterous wordplay that sometimes gets obscured by his success. Music Review: Jay-Z Comes Home to Open an Arena in Brooklyn 2012-09-29T12:27:26Z

What about all those Sundays spent running errands and cooking, then hitting the couch and watching documentaries about obscure cults? A Letter From the Contents of My Bra Drawer 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Ripe huckleberries, the grizzly’s favorite snack, sprouted up all around us, and at the next bend in the trail, we found a fresh pile of scat, partly obscured like a land mine. Explorer: Searching for Wildlife in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 2012-06-08T18:44:25Z

As Juan watches horrified and Mr. Fresnadillo smartly steeps the scene in shadows, Hollow Face — its features obscured and black clothing swirling like tendrils of seaweed — slithers up the building for a home invasion. Movie Review: ?Intruders,? From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, With Clive Owen 2012-03-29T21:17:00Z

After fleeing to London, Copley was less successful than West in keeping his politics “calculatingly obscure.” Our country’s first spin doctors: The painters of the American Revolution 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Instead of writing my own poems, I would go into lyric archives and cut and paste the most obscure rap lyrics. Damon Young on wooing with Wu-Tang, teaching Whiteness 101 and how survival "makes you blacker" 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

For more obscure films, this search can involve multiple dead ends, people who are slow to respond, and sometimes you never find an answer at all. Pop-up cinemas: top 10 tips for creating your own 2011-08-22T16:06:12Z

The bones are just thick enough to obscure large sections of sky. The newly opened $4-billion World Trade Center transit hub is overwrought and underwhelming 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Sometimes, too, the reader’s view is obscured by the unfamiliar language of this alien culture, but, as anyone who has visited a foreign country soon learns, context is a handy guide. Not Lost in Translation: Provocative Foreign Fiction 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

It’s a word he allows is “obscure and rarely used,” in an essay accompanying the show, “Pursuing Invisible Reflections.” In the galleries: Tales from the dark side — of Canada 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

He is also consumed by love for Kythira, an obscure and idyllic Greek island between the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Tough on Others, Tougher on Himself: The Perfectionist Behind the Milos Restaurants 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Would they bow to the commercial demands expected of female artists, or would they reveal their true colours and end up as an obscure cult band? Goodbye to the Go-Go's: the greatest girl band of all time? 2010-05-12T16:12:00Z

As you approach the rim of light, how far the installation extends is obscured by a haze. Doug Wheeler Creates an Ethereal Installation at David Zwirner Gallery 2014-02-13T05:00:00Z

In this incarnation, female contestants' burqas obscure their "before and after" shapes, likely rendering makeover episodes and weight loss reveals less dramatic. Why "The Biggest Loser" is the most American show 2010-05-25T19:01:00Z

You know him: He’s the man with the tight smile and split lip, the one whose hard talk never fully obscures his wounded soul. Review: In ‘Logan,’ a Comic-Book Stalwart Turns Noirish Western 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The fast pace of crisis management obscures the graft from the public. Charter schools and disaster capitalism 2013-02-24T13:00:00Z

Dominique Dawes and Gabby Douglas are quickly recognizable; others are more obscure, their faces pixelated away on ancient videotapes. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

Plath isn't the only figure whose real achievement has been obscured or distorted by the non-literary agendas of commentators after the fact. Reading group: Art and autobiography in The Bell Jar 2013-01-09T13:29:56Z

It featured wacky names, like Dimwiddle — a Pynchon trademark — and recurring jokes about obscure topics that seemed plucked right out of a Pynchon novel, including riffs on the Esperanto language, vegetarianism and tantric sex. Pynchon Intrigue Abounds Over ‘Cow Country’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

The instrumentation is striking: a 15-piece percussion section for “The Libation Bearers,” quartets of both saxophones and its obscure cousin the saxhorn for “The Eumenides,” which lend a marching-band quality to some of the music. CD review: young Icelandic composer’s organic music; Milhaud’s weighty ‘Orestie’

The brief intersection between a celebrity and the federal agency in charge of tackling pollution gave an obscure EPA office a surge in popularity. Oops! EPA goes off topic, tweets about Kardashian 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

"Political design is this relatively obscure sector of design and of the creative universe," Bruce Willen explained to the room. Campaigns featured some great design in 2018. But nothing as successful as Trump’s MAGA hat. 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

This startling series of shows explores the twists and turns of a murderous psychopath and a brain tumour patient each colliding with archaic diagnostics, obscure scientific remedies and sci-fi inspired technology. Events picks of the week 2010-04-30T23:16:00Z

A sinister babysitter with a tail plies a captive child with four unsettling tales adapted from the more obscure annals of European folklore. The 99-Seat Beat: The play staged in the art gallery, Mary Zimmerman's 'Secret' and more picks 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

I will miss his talks at the Jacob Burns Film Center where he would play obscure films and then have a Q & A afterwards. Jonathan Demme, Oscar-Winning Director, Is Dead at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

The street outside was once an obscure thoroughfare for donkeys and peasants. Ian McEwan: By the Book 2012-12-06T15:54:37Z

Such characterisations obscure the breadth and originality of his writing. Alan Sillitoe obituary 2010-04-25T14:15:00Z

Without this extremely obscure conversation, the solution makes no sense at all, and frankly, even with it, only the first sentence makes sense. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Hindemith borrowed obscure tunes from Weber and, in a true metamorphosis, generated a delightful, dazzling and ingenious four-movement symphonic suite. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z

Never mind that the burns mean his costume obscures his musculature and handsome face. Ryan Reynolds Finds a Niche, or a Springboard, as a Mouthy Superantihero 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Three major empires had just disintegrated after centuries of eventful existence, allowing for the creation of obscure small states whose people experienced the post-imperial chaos as freedom. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

Vanishingly obscure in their day, Mr. Chilton and his crew nevertheless claimed, among their tiny cult following, devotees who would themselves form hugely influential rock acts, like R.E.M., the Replacements and Wilco. Weekend Miser: Paying Homage to Big Star, a Music Cult Favorite 2013-06-27T20:35:08Z

In an echo of Rage Against the Machine's Christmas No1 insurrection last year, the hitherto obscure Frank Chickens could now top the poll. Frank Chickens run 2010-08-25T19:00:00Z

His choices are relatively obscure and a nice treat for movie buffs. Kick-Ass needs some kick-ass music of its own | Phelim O'Neill 2010-03-19T12:32:00Z

Her political profile sometimes obscures Ms. Sánchez’s prose style and connection to Latin American and other literary traditions, say those familiar with her work. In Cuba, The Voice Of a Blog Generation 2011-07-05T21:30:15Z

One is the quirky niche book that descends into obscure, even humdrum areas and makes them interesting. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Perhaps there was some sort of glitch on our Zoom call, or maybe the actual word that Hopkins meant to use had been obscured by his Welsh lilt. Anthony Hopkins Makes It Look Simple. (And Maybe It Should Be.) 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

We drove south, listening to obscure soul singles, and passed the derelict-looking tavern again. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z

The result is a maddeningly obscured finale to a movie that’s both a hymn to tradition and a lament for ongoing species destruction. ‘Cemetery’ Review: Elephant Walk 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Alas, an overcast day partly obscured what looked on their website like a gorgeous view. In Ecuador, the Frugal Traveler Tries Luxury 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

All the more surprising that it should have been written by an obscure army officer. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z

But that surface obscures her innards to a degree matched in pop music only by Lady Gaga. Music Review: Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday Tour at the Chicago Theater 2012-07-17T22:51:53Z

At the back of the shop, bags obscure a hole in the dark paneling made by a sledgehammer. Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

That argument might hold for an obscure, micro-budgeted indie with a minuscule audience. Perspective | What does the lawsuit against Landmark for unfair business practices mean for moviegoers? 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

So I’m bound to like a man who bases his novel on an obscure Yeats play. David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z

The rest of his screen credits were obscure at best. Pattinson, 'Twilight' take an adult turn 2011-11-15T05:15:07Z

I was literally two-thirds of the way through before I thought 'Actually this isn't the most obscure project I've ever written; this is possibly quite mainstream'. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z

Characters’ blind spots don’t obscure such a large swath of their vision, so they’re a little less opaque. Lydia Millet: “If men’s cruel tyranny over women is the matter at hand, there’s a bored disinterest of the liberal literary establishment” 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

And we wonder — and guess — why they were, until now, obscure. What Could Have Been Iconic 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Getting a farmer or cheesemaker or winery to grant an exclusive on some obscure, delicious item used to be a considered a victory for chefs. Your Kitchen Can Be as Well Stocked as Restaurants Now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

In a document in Price’s handwriting, likely dating from 1939, she describes her maternal ancestry as “French, Indian and Spanish,” obscuring William Gulliver’s African descent. As Her Music Is Reconsidered, a Composer Turns 135. Again. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

“The Simpsons,” for instance, with its jovial, animated exterior barely obscures a deeper layer of social satire and allusion. The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Yet under another obscure state law, Daley was able to transfer his years of service with Cook County and the city of Chicago to the state legislative pension fund without making additional contributions. How Daley beefed up his pension payouts 2012-05-02T02:00:00Z

His previous film, "Guardians of the Galaxy," spun an obscure Marvel comic into one of the biggest hits of 2014. Vin Diesel: 'Furious 7' and the unlikely road to stardom 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

“I love playing the classics that everybody recognizes but mixing it up a little with obscure tracks,” said Ms. Richards, headphones wedged between her shoulder and ear, as models and shoppers walked by. D.J.’s Who Spin the Family Name 2012-09-19T22:36:53Z

That kind of talking point obscures the more complicated fact that Chinese factory workers are among those making Trump products. Truth, Lies and Chinese Art Inspire ‘a Puzzle Box of a Play’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Obviously prices in big cities will always be higher, but this is one of the advantages of living in a more obscure locale. Can Fancy Chefs Excel at Fast, Cheap Food? Two Case Studies 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Present-day Graham dancers are often taken to task for overacting, or histrionics or otherwise obscuring the integrity of their material. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-03-19T22:17:11Z

Once inside the gallery, the air was different: Ms. Paggett’s tasks were less weighted with obscure meaning and more a reflection of her unflinching control and trancelike concentration. Dance Review: Taisha Paggett Stages Performance Piece at Whitney Museum 2014-04-17T21:22:30Z

Cox is a fine actor but he’s a hard fit as a rough-and-tumble vigilante; his best assets as an actor — his eyes — are usually obscured, either by Matt’s daytime sunglasses or Daredevil’s mask. ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’: A blind hero with a clearer vision for comic-book TV 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The space is a reference library for books on dog training and breeding, and the standards for every AKC breed, no matter how obscure. The Museum of the Dog is unleashed in Manhattan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Portman’s central preoccupation, she says, is to “investigate the mythology” underlying the creation of Israel, something all too obviously obscured by the decades of rancour since. Natalie Portman on Israel, Hollywood sexism and ‘being the boss’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

These are the questions that, like the fog that Mr. Kurzel keeps pumping into the fray, obscure the character and that only Mr. Fassbender’s exceptionally fine performance disperses. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Perhaps to other women, these complications remain obscure, shadowy threats during pregnancy, but to me they were hard, clear, immediate dangers. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

Then over to Italy for two reds — a natural nero d’avola from Sicily and an obscure red grape from up north in Piedmont. At just $12, this Rhône grenache will grab — and keep — your attention 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

Centuries of development and neglect have obscured things; Route 40 repeatedly crosses it, but doesn’t precisely track it. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

“Just the fact that a production with acrobatics and physical theater would go and get something as obscure as butoh and try to incorporate it into it — it was a brilliant idea.” The Cabiri’s new show: were-cats and creation myth 2013-08-02T19:56:04Z

Clearly intended for a British audience, the book doesn’t translate its more obscure Britishisms, but most of the language can be decoded from context. ‘Lonely Boy’ review: Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones riffs on an era of theft, drugs and punk 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

The posters promote titles ranging from Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” to relatively obscure dramas, documentaries and comedies, like “Strength and Beauty” and “Song of the Tundra.” Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue 2011-06-23T21:22:39Z

At the heart of Treats is a melodic core that even the most extreme songs – the abrasive, pounding Tell 'Em or the cheerleader-anthem-turned-feral blast of Crown on the Ground – can't obscure. Sleigh Bells shaken to life by MIA 2010-12-16T22:31:00Z

She favors obscure wines that don’t cost a lot, cult bottles from unorthodox vintners whose labels often look like arty liner notes. Bites: Restaurant Report: La Buvette in Paris 2013-07-23T17:52:23Z

As it is, The Arbor's method obscures its subject matter rather than illuminating it. Clio Barnard's The Arbor is out of lip-synch with reality 2010-10-25T10:06:00Z

He read other thriller writers voraciously, not only Hammett, James M. Cain and Erle Stanley Gardner but also obscure practitioners, charting their plots and method, and imitating them. ‘The World of Raymond Chandler,’ Edited by Barry Day 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

The catch is that everyone's features are completely obscured under layers of prosthetics and cosmetics that make them look like a forest creature, a farm animal or a fantasy figure. On "Sexy Beasts," love isn't quite blind – but it's an entertainingly shallow heavy petting zoo 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Last weekend, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" — a space opera based on an obscure comic book — topped the box office with $94 million. Menahem Golan dies: Producer's B-movie legacy now dominates 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Later in life, Nathaniel will work in intelligence himself, in part to try to tease out Rose’s many wartime secrets, what he calls “the obscure rigging of our mother’s life.” A Mother Keeps Wartime Secrets in Michael Ondaatje’s New Novel 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

She calls herself a “family poet,” a phrase whose Mother Goose-ish overtones somewhat obscure the fact that she is writing about her family, not for them. Sharon Olds Sings the Body Electric 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

It’s fitting, as the story, right now, has obscure aims, too. “True Detective” recap: A shocking shooting, a horror ending, and “We get the world we deserve” 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

He makes film and history feel vital, pairing images and canonical and obscure texts in a way that emphasizes, as Mr. Hall says, that “we’re in a phase of permanent revolution.” On Multiple Screens, John Akomfrah Deftly Weaves Tales of the African Diaspora 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

It is a new way of seeing democracy, and of obscuring it. United We Stan 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

Or that 40-mile hike along an obscure stretch of Brazilian coastline that I made using nothing more than a Google satellite map. Frugal Traveler Blog: Using TripAdvisor? Some Advice 2013-01-01T16:37:28Z

In almost 20 novels, including “The Pilot’s Wife,” “Fortune’s Rocks ” and “The Weight of Water,” Shreve consistently creates complex characters and plots, often drawn from the historical record or obscure headlines. ‘The Stars Are Fire,’ by Anita Shreve, ignites history 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

What followed was months of trimming, swapping, obscuring and negotiating, all in the hopes that an edited version would strike the Motion Picture Association’s board of raters as less, well, disgusting. ‘Infinity Pool’ and the Battle for an R Rating 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

Her identity wasn't fully revealed until the 12th video, her face initially obscured by make-up and what looked suspiciously like cellophane. Ethereal girl 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z

Mr. Davis’s “Permanent Collection” series uses the glare of museum lighting to obscure faces in portraits or create other effects. Art Review: ?Spies in the House of Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-02-09T22:14:54Z

The painting, by the much more obscure Dutch painter Egbert Van Heemskerk III, is titled The Doctor's Visit. Sewell duped Tate on ‘Hogarth’ work 2014-02-25T17:11:56Z

My superior double room, compact but functional, was on the 14th floor but disappointingly outfitted with frosted-glass windows that obscured any view. Hotel Review: Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Landesberg's Dietrich was noted for his endless knowledge and expertise on seemingly every obscure subject imaginable, which was coupled with a sometimes patronizing attitude. Veteran character actor Steve Landesberg dies 2010-12-21T05:46:04Z

Though Ms. Proske could have cut some of the more obscure lines, the figurative language catches the ear like a barbed hook. Review: In ‘The White Devil,’ Pick Your Poison 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

I scrubbed toilets, wiped butts, sat with people as they wept, 86ed drunks, made campfires with kids, painstakingly duct-taped license plates to obscure the numbers and chatted with the newly imprisoned. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The web has always exposed people to obscure music, but dance music is best understood in the mix, and a couple of these sites act as explicit history lessons. In pod we trust 2010-07-08T20:55:00Z

I went to more obscure markets where I thought they’d have chicken feet. Behind the Poster: 'Filler' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Thick stripes on shades run the risk of obscuring the light inside, but on this shade, the stripes are fine enough to allow the light to shine through. Decorating with always-in-style stripes

Another work attempts to mitigate the obviousness with subtlety verging on the obscure. Art in Review: JIM HODGES 2011-11-17T22:17:54Z

“It’s a metaphor for the discernment which is obscured by consumerism,” said Miriam. Tidying up guru Marie Kondo teaches New Yorkers to find joy in decluttering 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Given the kinds of work that you’re best known for, how do you think fans will react to your creating something so personal and potentially obscure? Alan Moore Digs Up 'Unearthing' and Lays His Comics Career to Rest 2010-07-26T22:05:00Z

Much of the work of the cult leader is to obscure himself from public view, outsourcing his charisma to his followers. Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

And at times the plot of the mystery itself is obscured by the restless antics of the framing device. Theater Review: ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Revived by Roundabout Theater 2012-11-14T03:30:07Z

But the nostalgia obscures why psychiatry became vulnerable to a Freudian incursion in the first place. Mental Illness Is All in Your Brain — or Is It? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

This, along with the modesty of its physical production — its humble rooms, quiet moments, ordinary lives — can obscure Mr. Linklater’s ambitions and the greatness of his achievement. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

By putting the focus on obscure lines of the play, the familiar unexpectedly transforms into something surprising. | 'The Method Gun': Stell-aaa! Where Are You? And Where?s Your Sister? 2011-03-06T23:11:03Z

Imagine the scene in May 1940 when the view was obscured by plumes of smoke from the cordon around Dunkirk. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z

The same can't be said of the more obscure sports that some sports books said they didn't get any bites on whatsoever. US Olympic gold hasn't made for winning bets in Las Vegas 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

Brandi Carlile has always been the kind of musician who obsesses over the liner notes of her favorite albums, searching out the sometimes obscure people in the background of the songs that inspire her. Brandi Carlile prepares for ‘emotional’ run with Seattle Symphony 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Bearden’s far more obscure abstractions at DC Moore have tended to be given short shrift in his biographies and retrospectives. Romare Bearden’s Rarely Seen Abstract Side 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

The history is a bit obscure, said owner Peg Laron, but it was partly built in the early 1950s, most likely as a fishing camp. In Key Largo, fin-to-fin with the denizens of Florida’s revitalized coral barrier reef 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Each depicts a glamorous model hiding behind shades, with the logo obscured by the story of an abused woman — a tactic that upends the reading of the image, making the model look hunted and fragile. Art and Design: Sanja Ivekovic, Croatia?s Monumental Provocateur 2011-12-25T05:07:04Z

The women’s images are blurred, obscuring their identities and suggesting their relative social invisibility, as all are patients in a psychiatric hospital. ‘Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook,’ a SculptureCenter Exhibition 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Who wouldn’t want to engage in a pleasurable, free exercise that could result in a photo book on the secrets of the Loire or an obscure novel by Marcel Pagnol? My European Ritual 2014-04-18T19:59:27Z

Bird dismissed “American Prometheus” as too obscure, until Sherwin called the next morning to tell him that a friend, the biographer Ronald Steel, had suggested the same title over dinner the night before. Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z

On the heels of Film Forum’s four-week “Black Women” festival, MoMA presents this intriguing series with works both familiar and obscure, including “The Watermelon Woman,” “Support the Girls,” “Sambizanga” and “Lime Kiln Club Field Day.” Things to Do in N.Y.C. This February 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Some balcony seats are being sold on a "pay what you like'" basis, the drawback being an extremely restricted view obscured by the theatre's lighting rig. In theatre, the cheap seats are meant to be just that | Natasha Tripney 2010-03-29T15:01:00Z

“We want all the information about the women of ‘Star Wars,’ no matter how obscure.” How Female Fans Made ‘Star Wars’ Their Own 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

The project drew inspiration from the work of the Baroque Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán, who made images of meditating monks, their faces obscured by the shadows from their hooded robes. John Edmonds’s Luminous Images of Men in Do-Rags 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

The outfit also obscures identity traits — age, gender, race — which she finds productive. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

His movies are not obscure or difficult, and they mostly avoid the grimness and violence associated with the new wave of South Korean cinema. The Great Unknown Movie of the Century So Far? Here’s Mine 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

When the series appeared in the newspaper, Halpern decided to obscure the family’s location and real names because of a terrifying death threat that brought the F.B.I. to their home. Visions of New Worlds, Both Hopeful and Nightmarish 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

That is why we have quit,'' one unnamed band-member, whose face was obscured in broadcast footage, told Times Now television. Kashmir's first all-female rock group disband following threats 2013-02-05T15:19:33Z

Americans trying to be experts at everything, no matter how obscure... Born in Japan, and Now Made in Brooklyn: Sake 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

This frequently recounted narrative—from tiny, utopian parties to an overblown apex—obscures the modesty of disco’s early ambitions. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Jahangir Kothari Parade promenade, once an imposing British heritage site, is now obscured by a maze of overpasses and the shadow of Pakistan’s tallest building. Pakistan's crumbling architectural heritage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Traipsing across Venice in search of Tintoretto clarified how thoroughly a Christian faith animated the formal invention of his greatest paintings, which I often found in obscure churches and cash-poor confraternities. 3 Days, 150 Paintings: A Whirlwind Tintoretto Tour 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

In footage of the 1972 demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects, in St. Louis, it only takes twenty seconds, at most, before clouds of white smoke obscure the remains. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

“There was a certain amount of obscuring that had to happen — you can’t obscure the pants so much that you’re just seeing little pieces of it,” she continued. Njideka Akunyili Crosby Wants to Take it Slow, Despite Her Rapid Rise 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

Once he covered it with gold leaf, the print was completely obscured and he was back to scrutinizing reproductions. Scenic artist hit a masterwork mother lode with 'Woman in Gold'

The horizon tends to be obscured by the gestural energy of her brushwork, leaving a dizzying space that is an enchantment of webs, wisps, fans, coils and filigree elaborations, often haunted by looming black silhouettes. Clare Woods, Laura Knight, Sarah Morris: the week's art shows in pictures 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z

And so it was that for a time before Fischer’s death in 2008, Ms. Smith was his go-to for obscure history books. Patti Smith, Survivor 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

But these splashy openings shouldn’t obscure the arrival of a bevy of exciting smaller hotels, situated across Chile’s dizzyingly diverse territory. | New Hotels in Chile 2012-05-23T22:00:30Z

The scope of their influence is obscured by the sheer number of things they do and sell, or problems they purport to be solving, and by our outdated sense of what constitutes a monopoly. A Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

He’d dust off some obscure, deep cut DC supervillains that no casual moviegoer would ever be expected to know and get a giant alien starfish villain named Starro in the mix. Director James Gunn assembles his perfect ‘Suicide Squad’ 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Emmanuelle Alt, the editor of French Vogue for a decade, with her sweep of rock star hair obscuring one eye, her skinny jeans, spike heels and military jackets? The Imperial Editor Goes the Way of the Dodo 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

But in the second act concert, Bridgewater says she goes more into Billie’s voice on such numbers as “God Bless the Child” and the more obscure “Violets for Your Furs.” Dee Dee Bridgewater on a ‘Demanding Role’ 2013-10-07T15:41:22Z

“That’s why I’m looking at the list,” Ms. Sarandon said, scanning an oversize screen that displayed this year’s Time 100, some quite obscure. Scene City: Time Magazine Honors 100 People it Considers Most Influential 2014-04-30T21:39:50Z

It’s important to note that while I have used terms like “obscure” and “little known,” I really mean in American and English-speaking wine cultures. 10 Grapes Worth Knowing Better 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

The Pierces aren't new as such, but they may well be new to you, and that's no indictment of your ability or inclination to hunt down the obscure and unknown – it's just a fact. New band of the day ? No 858: The Pierces 2010-09-01T14:46:00Z

Consumers will buy generic or obscure brands if the cost is lower or the quality rivals that of an established product. Music Review: Chamber Music Society’s Baroque Festival 2013-12-09T21:54:29Z

“It was because she was obscure that I liked her. She belongs to me. She’s all mine.” Nova Pilbeam, British teen star of 1930s Hitchcock films, dies at 95 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Davis also wrote four novels that even he acknowledged were obscure. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z

Be willing to explore new, more obscure areas. How to Reserve a Campsite, Even at the Last Minute 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z

Kafka employs a version of that structure in "Before the Law" while obscuring any single obvious moral. "The Good Fight" makes the Kafka-esque dream of a People's Court a reality 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

She forages in charity shops for obscure vinyl, but keeps the best spots a guarded secret. Maxine Peake moves from TV to music, with added witchcraft 2012-08-24T23:05:00Z

So there has been almost a quarter of a century of deception to obscure a few minutes of poor decision-making, bad policing and inadequate medical provision. Rewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories 2013-05-25T23:04:04Z

For something more challenging, consider a day trek to Vikatgad Fort, an obscure outpost about which little is known. Keep your cool in India by visiting one of the country’s hill stations 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

It is possible to feel a certain obscure sympathy for Cruise, caught as he is in a cleft stick where he must appear fearless on screen but gentle and sensitive off it. Tom Cruise, the bankable kook 2012-07-05T15:19:32Z

In any case, you’ll realize something that the ship’s dizzying collection of facilities only serves to obscure: I’m on a boat! T Magazine: The Biggest Boat 2010-12-01T14:00:00Z

Perhaps this ostentatiousness obscures the real question of how deep his influence has been. Is Quentin Tarantino the world's most influential director? 2013-01-15T11:53:17Z

Although Mr. Bicknell has apparently done some rewriting — a reference to Martha Stewart would have been obscure three decades ago — the play is every bit as inane and inept as history has recorded. Theater Review: ‘Moose Murders,’ From Beautiful Soup Theater Collective 2013-02-01T23:04:40Z

If the Police reunion was much touted for the band's attempt to recapture its new-wave roots, with obscure early songs in the set list, Sting "with strings" takes the rocker in a different direction. Sting ? with strings! ? at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre 2010-06-03T20:13:00Z

Indeed to do so establishes the sort of scapegoat that obscures pretty much all of what actually needs fixing. Don't confuse Notting Hill carnival with the riots 2011-08-25T17:00:00Z

The whacking, tastefully obscured by a doorframe, takes us off guard in part because it presents Hoffa in the one light we’ve never seen him: vulnerability. The Irishman: the murder, the women, the ending – discuss with spoilers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

It’s revealed toward the end that two of the defendants from Ms. Pott’s case appeared in the documentary, with their identities obscured, as part of the settlement of a suit brought by her family. Review: ‘Audrie & Daisy,’ on Sexual Assault and Technology 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

There are traces of life here and there in this well-appointed family mausoleum, like the big bouquet that nearly bursts out of one early shot, partly and instructively obscuring Henriette from view. Review: ‘Amour Fou,’ About the Woman in a Poet’s Suicide Pact 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

Assuming that his personality will be the sum of his affectations, he tries smoking a pipe, "listening to French crooners" and scanning the dictionary for obscure words that speak to his condition. Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z

More obscure acts include Die Antwoord, a South African rave group. Sia in Budapest and Louise Bourgeois in Shanghai: Global Arts Guide 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Halfway there, I spotted a perfect white sand dollar, partly obscured in sand. Next Stop: Indonesia’s Karimunjawa Is a Watery Wonderland 2012-05-25T19:27:33Z

In a 1960s series, he photographed women gripping mirrors that obscured their faces so that their other body parts were reflected in startling, sometimes grotesque arrangements. How many legs in this photo? The strange, surreal photography of Heather Rasmussen 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

Whether that promise has been fulfilled will depend on viewers' expectations and knowledge of slightly obscure reality TVstars. Big Brother line-up: Bercow and Jedward but no Tyson or Sheen 2011-08-18T21:41:00Z

There are many places, however, where the misunderstanding goes deeper, obscuring what Virgil meant to convey. David Ferry Won the National Book Award in His 80s. In His 90s, He Has Translated Virgil. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

One America News is an obscure TV channel struggling to emerge from the cellar of the cable ratings, but it is nonetheless one of President Trump’s favorite media outlets. An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

Performances ran the gamut from traditional instruments to obscure electronics to vacuum cleaners, clock coils and other found objects. Is the Music Over at Mills College? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

It was an overwrought pile designed by an obscure pair, Dodgshun & Unsworth, and paid for by the Flower family, local brewers. A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011-01-29T00:06:16Z

In the summer and early fall, the work is usually obscured by corn that is farmed on the land to within feet of the sculpture. ArtsBeat: Serra Work Gains Protected Status in Ontario 2013-05-31T22:10:14Z

“This is a stitched up, Frankenstein version,” he said, for those who need the whole Ron Burgundy experience — including misfires, obscure sendups and plenty of jokes to match Mr. Ferrell’s off-color jacket. ‘Anchorman 2’ Returns (Call It 2 ½) 2014-02-21T05:49:05Z

The show’s restrained visual palette obscures its emotional perceptiveness and complexity, how richly it invests in its world of small-town Texas and how well it understands families. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Channels are dug between the fingers into Sunset Park, Brooklyn, to obscure further the boundary between land and sea. Architecture Review | 'Rising Currents: Projects for New York?s Waterfront': Imagining a More Watery New York 2010-03-25T23:27:00Z

While his obscured visage is meant to frighten, it also makes him seem somehow paranoid. Delay Tests Video Game Developer 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

It seems he’s also, unfortunately, assumed Wallace’s penchant for obscure verbiage and discursive asides. When It Comes to Writing, Cheston Knapp Is His Own Harshest Critic 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

With the new project, designed by Handel Architects, 428 rental apartments split into two 15-story towers will obscure almost the entire northern facade of the church, from Amsterdam Avenue to Morningside Drive. A Potential Solution for Developers at St. John the Divine 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

The episode then follows a lot of the conventions of an old-fashioned detective movie: postmortem investigation of the subject’s secret life, and then the larger conspiracy obscuring its most important elements. The X-Files episode two recap – with an autopsy and aliens, all's well 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

From her first appearance, hunched in a wheelchair, partly obscured by darkness and a green eyeshade, Redgrave draws you in, making you wonder about the enigmatic Bordereau. ‘The Aspern Papers’ Review: A Dead Poet’s Society, Once Removed 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

The other big surprise of the night was Sylvester Stallone’s not winning best supporting actor, though, looking back, his campaign narrative — “what a comeback!” — obscured stark realities. Lessons From a Season on the Red Carpet: Oscars So Weird 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

By turns industrious and restless, dutiful and disobedient, he is also graced with sensitivities that his carefully constructed wall of muscles can’t obscure. ‘Waves’ Review: The Shattering Ebb and Flow of Family Life 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Their faces were obscured by darkness and steam. Journeys: A Big Sur Bath by the Light of the Moon 2014-04-02T18:19:20Z

Now I see her as vulnerable in a different way, the constant products from her outrage-generator obscuring her talent. Growing Older With Madonna 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

When Mr. Eisenstaedt took his photograph, he did not get the names of the embracing sailor and the nurse, and their faces were largely obscured. Edith Shain, 91, Dies; Claimed to Be Subject of Famous V-J Day Photo 2010-06-24T05:19:00Z

The staff is helpful, even a little awestruck at some of the store’s more obscure items. Critical Shopper: Palmer Trading Company: A Twice-Told Tale 2010-12-23T00:37:49Z

Gloomy faces, an obscure way to dress and a strange glow of life that strains to endure all their gray and decaying surroundings. July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z

Those names are fairly obscure today, while Marx’s is still attached to an -ism, however battered. Review: In ‘The Young Karl Marx,’ a Scruffy Specter Haunts Europe 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

We now get to see Harry being caught black-marketing British army supplies in Berlin, the downfall that leads to his being attached to an obscure branch of the British secret services. ‘The Ipcress File’ Review: In the Footsteps of Michael Caine 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

The writer-director is best in such Beckett-like limbos, heavy with Catholic guilt - an enthralling talent even when obscured by all the self-aware playfulness here. Capsule reviews of `Argo,' other new movies 2012-10-11T02:01:05Z

These prejudices obscure an important truth: Right-wing comedy has become both a viable business strategy and a crucial element of conservative politics. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

His face, like those of Ms. Kloberg and Ms. Hess, was now even more obscured. Journeys: A Big Sur Bath by the Light of the Moon 2014-04-02T18:19:20Z

I discovered kindred spirits and tuned out negative and defeating thoughts that had obscured these women’s true worth. How the Women of the Jemima Code Freed Me 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Baldwin imitated Morgan’s distinctive way of talking, which was jarring and which obscured a good Morgan-style joke. “Saturday Night Live” Celebrates Itself 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

For the regular eating and reading public, this reality of the food business was probably obscured by the delicious culinary click-bait: the makers were fakers, and the news went wide. The Way Forward for Hipster Food 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

The emphasis has to be on quality and variety, preferably at a reasonable price, but the cuisine cannot be so ambitious or obscure that it distracts from the artwork that visitors have come to see. 2010-01-29T08:49:00Z

The fuss over the Wojnarowicz piece obscured the range of work in the exhibit. Controversial 'Hide/Seek' appears at Tacoma Art Museum 2012-03-21T22:54:40Z

That healthy choice is sometimes obscured by concerns over contaminants like mercury or the use of antibiotics in aquaculture. Confusion at the fish counter: How to eat fish responsibly 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

In her photographs, she uses makeup to transform herself, becoming simultaneously obscure and mesmerising. Cindy Sherman models for MAC, the makeup company of outsiders 2011-07-31T19:00:02Z

At 40,000 feet you see the curvature of the earth and yet there were no clouds to obscure the patchwork of Burgundian farms below. 41 Days, 26 Shows, 10 Countries: A Rock Tour Diary 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

“The Fortunes” also draws on history, albeit one that is more obscure for many readers. The Anxious, Unfinished Story of Chinese-American Assimilation 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

At times, it’s true, the jabbering caricatures of conniving Southern women serve witless ends, as in “The Gnädiges Fräulein,” a freaky hootenanny with obscure meaning from 1966 that isn’t actually very funny. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

“Some things we cannot bury, no matter how much we obscure them with gift bags and PR statements and smiling photographs.” She Stayed Silent When a Producer Turned Sexual Predator Went After a Friend 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

Imagine a Blank Dogs song locked up in a dark basement all alone for 20 years - that's how obscure and cursed Havah's music can be. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z

But if anything, her notoriety obscured the greatness of her prose: Her event-filled life often overshadowed the accomplishments of her best-selling fiction. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

A goaltender sprawls inside a net, defeat written all over his limbs, even with his face obscured. EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

While the instrumental doubling adds color and zest, it also tends to obscure the text. Together, the Sebastians and Tenet Perform Motets 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

I am still moved by the power of Jane Eyre’s furious speech to careless, handsome, Mr. Rochester: “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?” Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

This show is installed with enlightening jumps between past and present, known and obscure, and with surprises throughout. Review: ‘Grand Illusions’ Showcases Deceptive Photography 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Usually Ms. Abeles combines the pointed and obscure with enough visual pizazz to keep you interested. Art in Review: Michele Abeles: ‘English for Secretaries’ 2013-05-16T20:38:50Z

A mass of white soap suds, in a white bathtub, obscures the entirety of a human form, except for the nose and gaping mouth. Pasta and Kafka at the Italian Embassy 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

And the multimedia, to be clear, was limited to a video of street life that was obscured by lights hung too low. Theater: A Fringe Too Tame? Too Bad 2010-08-23T22:21:00Z

Almost every section features a short observation accompanied by a slightly obscure image, a technique that runs counter to the overall conceit of leaving things to one’s imagination. Peter Mendelsund releases two books, including one that’s worth your time

For early episodes, Schwartz pulled much of the somewhat obscure music off his iPod. How teen drama ‘The O.C.’ launched indie bands into musical stardom 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Shot in 35 millimeter by the cinematographer Robert Maly, “Preparations” manifests its protagonist’s uncertainty through fluttering reflections and slinky shadows, and images that conceal and obscure the full picture. ‘Preparations to Be Together’ Review: Mysteries of Love 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Even with that effort, the detail was obscured by the jewelry she had on. The injustice done to Janet Jackson isn't only in the past – new film "Malfunction" also falls short 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

Ms. Crutchfield’s astute sense of resignation is still the beating heart of Waxahatchee, and ultimately, the layers of this album don’t obscure or reshape that gift. On Waxahatchee’s ‘Ivy Tripp,’ Katie Crutchfield Sings of Emotional Debris 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Start as obscure art and keep going wider.” Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Either his worldview is already filled with some obscure guilt – or, like Vera suspects, he has good reason to feel guilty. My streaming gem: why you should watch Detour 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

As we’ve reported, Led Zeppelin faces a copyright infringement suit that alleges parts of the 1971 hit were filched from an obscure song by the band Spirit. Led Zeppelin Taps NSYNC Expertise in Stairway to Heaven Case 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

The photographers at the end of the runway groaned loudly in protest whenever this happened because the fog obscured their vision — and their lenses — for at least several seconds. Who Doesn’t Need a Portable Fog Machine? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Abbey joked that he was an “obscure writer” and claimed he was often called “Edward Albee” in the East, but in the West his face could have been chiseled on a literary Mount Rushmore. The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

The Spectacle prides itself on taking deep dives into obscure horror for its out-there monthly programming, so expect to see an outlandish film that probably took a time machine from a 1980s bargain bin. Summer Chills: A Horror Fan’s Guide to What to Watch Right Now 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

The welter in welterweight is obscure, possibly from welt, a term for "beat" or "thrash," as in raising lashes, or welts, on the skin. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Berg said that the police yard, an obscure location for audacious work, was chosen because it was secure, with a 24-hour police presence. From Shed to Museum: Bertoia Sculpture Returns to Public Square 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

It has become a cult success and the internet has helped it to attract fans in obscure parts of the world. The cult radio kings of Blackburn 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

The simple fact that I’ve found an effective treatment allowing me to live an active life with significant disability, however, is obscured by the controversy, fear, stigma and caution that surround opioid prescribing. I’m dependent on narcotics; that doesn’t mean I’m an addict. 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

Fans hoping to see Haggard dust off some B-sides and obscure cuts likely left disappointed. Country-music legend Merle Haggard still offers up a great night of music 2014-03-03T03:13:32Z

Into the Unknown Not obscure enough for you? Cannes this film festival be saved? 2010-05-12T18:12:00Z

Columbia is no utopia, yet its failure to meet an impossible standard shouldn’t obscure its real successes. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

But it's the obscure "Berenice" — with a bizarre subject I will not spoil for you here — that takes the prize for weirdness. Comics: Revisiting Sacco-Vanzetti case and Poe mysteries 2011-08-16T22:43:04Z

Now that we are used to globalisation it's hard to imagine a time when the countries behind the iron curtain were largely obscured from the western gaze. Is the new Red Dawn a blast from the past? 2012-11-23T20:15:01Z

This gang of nonconformists delighted in bizarre chord progressions, obscure keys and melodies that ran upside down. Restaurant Review: Minton’s in Harlem 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Araki doesn't just use existing songs as shorthand for time and place; the music is often too obscure to be easily recognised by anyone other than devotees. Araki's films are a crash course in shoegazing 2011-08-05T23:03:00Z

What Beyoncé obscures in her everyday public life she makes relentlessly clear on this project. Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” Is a Revelation of Spirit 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Thanks to Ivers and others, an obscure era of music was thoroughly memorialized. In the ’80s, Post-Punk Filled New York Clubs. Their Videos Captured It. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

“His perspective was that the powerful would almost always try to obscure the truth.” What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

It was a huge success when it was published in 1913 and for generations was widely read, but now is obscure. Just Like You, Claire Messud Never Read ‘A Brief History of Time’ 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

It has been viewed 8.4 million times — far more than might be expected for an obscure baroque aria. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

One factor in Facebook’s growth, obscured by the philanthropic activities of its founder, is that as a business it is an advertising platform first, foremost and almost exclusively. TV networks battle new media threat as Facebook looms over ad war 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Special districts can be so obscure that according to Oliver, Idaho launched a commission whose primary directive was to identify how many special districts were in its own state. John Oliver Dedicates a Special Episode to Special Districts 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

Heretofore, their successes have been obscure and difficult to advertise. Full stream ahead: how Amazon's TV shows need to up their game 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

And yet, it feels a little cheap, using gallows humor to obscure this show’s lack of truly memorable works. Museum & Gallery Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:55:19Z

But neither in their time were they obscure. The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography by Robert Crawford ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:04Z

The more obscure Animal Crossing Villager can tangle with the dog from Duck Hunt. Reviews: Sunset Overdrive, This War of Mine, Super Smash Bros. and Civilization 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

We boast of tasting a cornucopia of flavors that seem mystical and obscure to normal drinkers. Perspective | When restaurant wine lists intimidate even the dining pros, something needs to change 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The thing about obscure and weird horror is that there’s no practical end to it. Jean Rollin and Lucio Fulci: Maestros of Horror 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

But the film, and the Elizabeth Gilbert book of the same name, obscure an unpleasant reality that has been brewing for years: Bali is struggling to cope with its own popularity. This Indonesian Island Is a Respite From Bali. At Least for Now. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Many details of Marville’s career remain obscure; some records of his life and work were lost in the fires of the 1871 Paris Commune. Art Review: ‘Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris’ Debuts at the Met 2014-01-31T00:01:15Z

There are 12 obscure 1970s songs here, all originally recorded by men, and they re-emerge in deeply feminine wrapping – all velvety arrangements and languid alto croon. Rumer: Boys Don't Cry – review 2012-05-24T21:00:01Z

All clothes are costumes we assume to play ourselves, but Mrs. Trump’s often seem like costumes donned to obscure herself. Melania Trump: Out of Africa, Still in Costume 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Quentin Tarantino is known for his vast and eclectic range of cinematic influences that seep into his films, ranging from the pulpy and lowbrow to the obscure and avant-garde. Quentin Tarantino’s favorite TV shows might surprise you 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

The technical challenges of obscure works are often cited to explain their neglect. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff Joins Orpheus at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-31T21:19:15Z

Holed up in Los Angeles, he developed his interest in the occult – the Kabbalah, the writing of the English satanist Aleister Crowley – and his fascination with various esoteric writings by obscure Nazi pseudo-philosophers. Who is David Bowie? A guide to the V&A retrospective 2013-02-16T19:59:00Z

Previous posts by Snyder only showed obscured angles of the new Batmobile, with this new image being the first full photo of the successor to the Tumbler driven by Batman in the Dark Knight Trilogy. This Is The First Full Photo of the New Batmobile 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

She one-upped Jackson Pollock’s action paintings in the late 1960s by pouring pools of swirling pigmented latex directly on the floor and obscuring the distinction between painting and sculpture. Art: A Life of Melting the Status Quo 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

Do not miss it.For something a little more obscure, maybe try Alexander Mackendrick's "High Wind in Jamaica." Scarecrow Video suggestions for "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" 2011-05-18T13:12:51Z

Didion’s novel keeps historical details obscured: The book never mentions Ronald Reagan or his secretary of state, George Shultz. ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Review: Gun Running and Anxiety 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Moon Wiring Club often resembles trip-hop if its "vibe" was sourced not in obscure funk and jazz-fusion records but from the incidental music to The Prisoner, Doctor Who and The Flumps. Moon Wiring Club: music for children, by children 2010-11-24T14:04:00Z

Irene enters the tearoom with palpable wariness, her gait slowed, head down and face partly obscured by the semitransparent brim of her cloche hat. ‘Passing’ Review: Black Skin, White Masks 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

Or a curio on top of a curio, since this version has roots in an obscure piece that Riley recorded in the 1990s. As Bang on a Can Returns, a New Generation Rises 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

Between this and the Moira character on “Mad Men,” my usually obscure name seems to be becoming, in Liz Lemon’s words, a thing. Guess who almost got cast in ‘Gone Girl'? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

He’s known in literary circles for compiling something called Nemo’s Almanac, a demonically difficult quiz that requires participants to identify obscure quotations from obscure writers. Alan Hollinghurst?s ?Stranger?s Child? Is a Departure 2011-10-31T21:57:27Z

In little more than a year he went from an obscure singer on YouTube to a pop hero mobbed by screaming girls worldwide. Justin Bieber apologizes for middle-finger salute 2011-03-03T04:28:50Z

An obscure field when he joined it, humanitarian design is now one of the most dynamic — and controversial — areas of design. A Font of Ideas From a 'Nomadic' Humanitarian Architect 2010-08-01T20:00:00Z

He even knew the obscure “Ant in Alaska.” What Makes Michael R. Jackson Tick, and What Ticks Him Off 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

Even in France, the line on Grémillon is that he’s the most obscure of the country’s major directors. Jean Grémillon Retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The sensationalism around our “war” on illegal drugs has obscured the fact that legal drugs, the kind that are advertised on television, are more widely abused and cause more deaths. Confessions of a reluctant gentrifier 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

The layers of government — the film claims there are 81 government workers for every square mile in the state — create a landscape of obscure but powerful precincts of influence. | 'The Soprano State': Garden State Scandals 2010-10-24T21:48:00Z

The result is a sort of medieval hyperlink, where the eye is drawn out from the text to the margins to explore extraordinarily obscure quotations, facts or interpolations. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson - review 2012-12-25T07:00:15Z

German music before Bach and Handel, thoroughly eclipsed by those masters, remains a relatively obscure area. Music Review: Jordi Savall and Juilliard415 at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-27T23:12:18Z

Muhammad appeared on Wednesday night's episode of the cartoon with his body obscured by a black box, since Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. 'South Park' Muhammad episode airs despite uproar 2010-04-22T16:59:00Z

Farzankia’s paintings are instantly appealing: Simple, figurative compositions of androgynous bodies, birds, plant life and obscure symbols, rendered in bright pop palettes, they are well suited to the age of Instagram. The Artist Who Is Selling Out Shows Just Two Years After He Started Painting 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Finally it hit him – “Oh! Little boat!” - an obscure joke opposite a day player from the film Splash, in which Hanks and “Fat Jack” are in a tiny dinghy and the motor gives out. Tom Hanks at the Tribeca film festival: 'Success is gossamer, it's luck' 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

The rapper is peeved at the network for obscuring a chunk of her performance of her latest hit "Anaconda" during Tuesday’s “Fashion Rocks” special. Nicki Minaj blasts CBS after 'Fashion Rocks' performance 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

She’s a lovely young thing, her features almost obscured by the grayness of her skin, the puffiness around her eyes and the oxygen tubes threaded into her nose. Movie Review: In ‘Our Children,’ From Joachim Lafosse, Life Turns Tragic 2013-08-02T00:16:04Z

Since they were playing at floor level, it was hard to see them unless you were right up close, and the quiet parts of the music were all but obscured by the ambient noise. Review | Conductor plays ‘Rite of Spring’ at a club — and then berates the audience for acting like they’re at a club 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

Juilliard415 strikes me as a great name precisely because it is obscure but not impenetrable. Classical Groups Get Creative With Names 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z

By nightfall, Zhang was completely inked over such that no Chinese characters are discernible in the final images, the artist’s visage but a shadow obscured by cultural markers. "Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art : Architectural Digest 2013-12-16T05:00:00Z

From the obscure perch of his own Raf Simons men’s wear label, he won over critics in Paris in the late 1990s and early aughts. Can Raf Simons Reinvent American Fashion? 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Stumps, 20 feet wide, are obscured with budding wildflowers and ferns. The Quiet Strength of an Old-Growth Forest 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

Early episodes tended to exist as vehicles for obscure Breaking Bad Easter eggs. 'S’all good, man': How Better Call Saul became superior to Breaking Bad 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

And it has used an obscure federal act to prosecute leakers. Obama promised transparency. But his administration is one of the most secretive 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

But Noble argued that this scene was not particularly explicit because of the psychedelic effects layered on top of it: spinning, glitching and obscuring that often make it unclear what, exactly, is really going on. ‘Infinity Pool’ and the Battle for an R Rating 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

In 1884 Freud was a poor and obscure but wildly ambitious young doctor trying to scrape together enough kreutzers to marry his posh fiancée. An Anatomy of Addiction: When Two Brilliant Minds Met a "Miracle Drug" 2011-08-05T10:30:00Z

The blocking is dull and uncertain, with much of the action obscured by a desk. Music Review: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You?re a Youngster With Issues 2011-06-30T20:57:46Z

Ms. Hanna is always a vibrant vocalist, but that was obscured during this show — only the band’s second, and its first in about three years. Music Review: The Julie Ruin, Body/Head and Majical Cloudz Play Northside 2013-06-14T21:48:15Z

And yet it feels a little cheap, using gallows humor to obscure this show’s lack of truly memorable works. Museum & Gallery Listings for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:29:17Z

The credits rolled and I fixed my eyes on the screen, eagerly awaiting the next movie — another obscure film from another far-off land. Revelations in High-End Rome 2012-09-28T18:24:21Z

He answers by handing me a needle to thread, which I initially take as an obscure insult. Meet the incredible Mr Goodwin, daredevil extraordinaire 2013-03-01T14:00:00Z

"Queen Loana" was, as were all of his books, a daunting melange of enthusiasms and obscure references that required the reader's full attention. On interviewing Umberto Eco, 'the most erudite person on earth,' by Glen David Gold 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

As a reminder: I was an adult who voluntarily participated in an obscure show. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z

I mention something about some obscure show that I happened to catch deep down the channel lineup and ... How TV brings us together 2012-03-14T20:52:06Z

It is mostly red and pink, with black around the top edges, the bright colors obscuring my image. What's in an aura? Stepping into the world of energy reading for health 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

Though the ramshackle, romper-room décor of the bar leaves something to be desired, the beer geek is likely to be satisfied by its blend of picnic tables, grime and obscure beer-related knickknacks. Next Stop: In Pilsen, Beer?s Not the Only Thing on Tap 2011-05-27T18:52:25Z

What I am deeply troubled by is the way her rhetoric, meant to provoke, ends up obscuring whatever value her critique might offer and clouds the issue.  Sexual melodrama on campus: The real story about college assault that David Brooks and Laura Kipnis don’t understand 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

But Terry Podgorski's lumpy script is both overly obvious and too obscure. Review: Café Nordo's fare better than its 'Twin Peaks'-like whodunit 2012-10-18T20:19:04Z

The action often unfolds in long shot, with crowded compositions in which the principals are obscured by door frames. Review: ‘Scarred Hearts’ Entraps a Young Man and His Illness 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

She doesn't obscure that and spun a stupendous promotional video to set expectations on that front with the help of Roy Wood, Jr. Leslie Jones blazed brightly on "The Daily Show." But is a star really what its new era needs? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

Mount Denali creates its own weather and is often obscured by clouds. Seeking out Alaska’s Denali National Park in a summer of overcrowded outdoor spaces 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The rooms are obscured from each other by foliage, making it seem more private. 36 Hours in Aruba 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Hardest of all for Mr. Miller to avoid were insects that inevitably obscured the lens. Amber Waves, From Spacious Skies 2011-07-22T21:24:33Z

Its precise origins are obscure but we can see that it was an object of devout attention. Seeing the Met’s Greatest Hits as Artists Painted Them 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z

Irizarry heads the obscure nonprofit that stood its ground and blocked Star Wars creator George Lucas' private museum from being built on Chicago's prized lakefront. Q&A: Chicago park defender unapologetic on Lucas Museum fray 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z

Even more obscure than the Boer War was the enormous round of killings in Indonesia in 1965-66. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

I don't sit and mentally re-create obscure musicals from the privacy of my living room, à la Man in Chair from "The Drowsy Chaperone." 'Hamilton's' revolutionary power is in its hip-hop musical numbers 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

Besides sparking a new Red Scare, the hasty reporting obscured the real news emanating from Pabst: The company has resuscitated Ballantine India Pale Ale, one of this country’s most storied beer brands. Pabst bringing back Ballantine as a craft brew

Isfahan is likewise unmissable, but it is the less well-known and obscure sites that can really bring a sense of adventure. Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Lawn tennis or duckpin bowling might be more obscure, but not much. Pinball Domains in New York City 2013-01-10T22:09:18Z

Amis is a Londoner, a London writer – his antagonistic, contemptuous, bleakly funny, lots of grubby topsoil obscuring beauty for those patient enough to root. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z

And it raises the question whether things become more obscure or more clear and real when the transfiguration happens. Poem of the week: How Snow Falls by Craig Raine 2010-12-06T10:27:00Z

He showed how not to obscure your face from the camera when making a slashing motion with a stage knife. ‘The World Goes Away’ and Other Lessons From Online Acting Class 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Unless you were an art-house cinema enthusiast, or perhaps someone who was interested in Eastern Europe, Loznitsa’s films were considered obscure. What Does It Mean to Live in Ukraine? Filmmakers Offer Their Answers. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Known for his politically charged social realism, Loach turns his attention to an obscure historical figure, activist Jimmy Gralton. 'Jimmy's Hall' is a subdued story of Irish activist Jimmy Gralton 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

There's garish suburban McMansion wealth, and then there's the type that obscures its entrance with a decoy house, by requiring guests to traipse through a run-down horror to breach its inner sanctum. On "Atlanta," Van partied for every Black woman exhausted with being overlooked 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

NBC, meanwhile, issued a full-on mea culpa, saying, “Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.” The politics of flipping the bird 2013-09-11T15:39:00Z

The movement took off with an obscure flier photocopied in two San Francisco men's apartment in 1987 called BEAR. 'Where the Bears Are' strikes a comic chord with a gay subculture 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

If anything, he said, scholarship of the Holocaust has been too dominated by German-language sources and by an “ethnic shorthand,” itself traceable to the Nazis, that obscures more than it illuminates. Timothy Snyder’s ‘Black Earth’ Puts Holocaust, and Himself, in Spotlight 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

It’s not just that you wind up knowing more about an obscure team. Turning Sports Statistics Into Riveting Cinema 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

Still, there are a few fantastic scenes, like when the camera spins dizzyingly round a circular breakfast table where the cast members are recovering from an all-night bender, their eyes obscured behind dark shades. Karl Lagerfeld: Chanel designer moves into movies 2011-05-10T13:24:09Z

But because everything, no matter how obscure or distant, is now available on the internet, we inhabit “the infinite present.” Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

The reference to the German artist Blinky Palermo is obscure, but the sense of futility — even the futility of protest and criticism — is palpable. Sculpture shows by Emilie Brzezinski, Bernardi Roig diverge sharply in theme

Others in the gathering are less-confidently identified, in some cases because their faces are obscured. Review | Another Renoir show? But this one is worth it. 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Devoted to the story of New Zealand from geology to politics, the Auckland War Memorial Museum holds treasures obscured by its title, namely the vast collection of indigenous Maori art works and crafts. 36 Hours in Auckland 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

But those hazy, obscured views suggest the imperfect ways we see, and the way we remember too. | Trisha Brown Dance Company: Trisha Brown Dance at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-04-10T00:31:00Z

These stumbles are a shame because they obscure the empowering tale at the heart of the novel, starting with its deeply feminist update to its source material. Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

This allows scientists to tinker with the way in which an embryo develops and so reveal processes that were previously obscured. Genetic modification: glow-in-the-dark lifesavers or mutant freaks? 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

King Joffrey’s death brought no small amount of glee last week, his baroque villainy obscuring the moral ickiness of delighting in the murder of a child, even a malevolent fictional one. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: A Regression to the Mean 2014-04-21T02:01:11Z

Painting over these frantic lines with fuzzy patterns of yellow and purple, Mr. Satterwhite softens their mood without obscuring any detail. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Many readers found his verse highly abstract and often obscure. Yves Bonnefoy, Pre-Eminent French Poet, Dies at 93 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Foreign fleets in the region are notorious for obscuring their locations and illegally fishing in areas reserved for small-scale fishers. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

It's an obscure bit of recent British history, the unlikely alliance between gay rights activists from London and striking Welsh coal miners in the 1980s. A 'lost story' of 'Pride' touches on bonds, support and so much more 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

He can be a difficult writer, not because his books are obscure or abstract, but rather because the writerly personality that emerges in their pages is irreducibly complicated. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

It was about an obscure region far away and the importance of pursuing international justice. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z

“It’s like the most obscure children’s book of all time — and it’s literally just about a pet goat.” How a writer defied ‘one in a million’ odds to get her first movie made by Steven Spielberg 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

But for others, obscured faces are a recurrent source of agitation. We’re having trouble recognizing each other in masks, and it’s getting awkward 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z

For another, it contains some references so obscure that they will puzzle even the most knowledgeable fan. Garry Shandling’s Riotous Scrapbook 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

The book contains little plot, an abundance of obscure poetry and the untimely death of three protagonists. A' life-affirming romp through death in 'All My Puny Sorrows' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Lagerfeld had a reputation for obscuring even the most straightforward facts of his life, such as his year and place of birth. Karl Lagerfeld, and his problematic past, take center stage at the Met Gala 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

Die-hard riders will bring their horses out every weekend, even if it means towing them across state lines, but most rides remain obscure to outsiders. Louisiana?s Zydeco Trail 2011-04-22T18:55:00Z

The works, done in gradations of black and white, feature lines of gracefully handwritten words, some legible, some obscured by foggy washes of paint. Coping With an Unfinished Life 2010-10-08T19:50:00Z

Mr. Babinski and Mr. Glanville met when they worked for Intelligentsia Coffee, known for its extensive portfolio of obscure, high-quality coffees. The Best Iced Latte in America? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Only an obscured American flag in the background behind her lets us know that she's still in Philadelphia, where the show is set. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" casts a wondrous spell, but can it overcome our cynicism? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

He captures himself and friends in the studio, frequently nude and intertwined, with faces hidden or obscured by cameras. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Darting and Stuttering Through Many Points of Light An eclipse, when one celestial object obscures another, is fairly rare, just as the opening of a new experimental theater is these days. Dance Review: ‘Eclipse,’ by Jonah Bokaer and Anthony McCall, at BAM Fisher 2012-09-07T22:53:36Z

As a singer and a presence, Ocasek both channelled powerful emotion and seemed to float above it, as mysteriously as the ever-present sunglasses that obscured the look in his eyes. Ric Ocasek’s Eternal Cool 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

The Roots frequently make sly, often obscure, song choices as Fallon's guests are introduced. Roots welcome Bachmann with pointed song 2011-11-22T17:07:19Z

Some of the films are well known, others are obscure; but all become targeted for meticulous preservation. "These Amazing Shadows" on KCTS tonight 2011-12-29T18:18:11Z

But that’s not new: Ms. Spears has long been the pop star most obscured by her own songs. Music Review: ‘Britney: Piece of Me,’ Britney Spears’s Las Vegas Residency 2013-12-29T21:27:58Z

Others, which mine inconsequential information about obscure start-ups, stink strongly of advertorials. How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

The answer, in addition to big market share: melodies written by Starrah, perhaps the most ubiquitous force in music who also happens to be completely obscure. Why Every Pop Star Wants a Piece of Starrah 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

The musical, based on an obscure play by Edmond Rostand, doesn't necessarily have the makings of a hit. 'The Fantasticks' reaches mind-boggling milestone 2013-09-12T13:15:14Z

In high school, as he transitioned from a drummer obsessed with Travis Barker to a bedroom beatmaker, Murda would identify obscure rappers that his peers enjoyed and target them for collaborations. Murda Beatz, an ‘Alien’ in Rap, Can’t Stop Making Hits 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

When she began writing “Wolf Hall” in 2005, Mantel was still relatively obscure. For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Winter feels anything but jinxed by the controversy that attended that obscure final moment in "The Sopranos." Is "Boardwalk Empire" HBO's next 'Sopranos'? 2010-09-22T06:19:00Z

Barnbrook says "we worked on hundreds of designs using the concept of obscuring this cover" but admits that "we understand that many would have preferred a nice new picture of Bowie". Why David Bowie's new album cover is a masterstroke 2013-01-09T12:39:13Z

Now we have “special master,” an obscure honorific that has become the focus of unusual attention with U.S. Who are these ‘special masters,’ and what makes them so special? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

They are also an oval treasure trove of minerals, 10 of them – calcium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium, potassium, sodium, copper, iodine, magnesium and iron; and more obscure, but nevertheless vital micronutrients, choline, lecithin, lutein and zeaxanthin. The joy of eggs – how 'nature's multivitamin' shook off the scare stories 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Hundreds of these variations were created for research purposes and described, often only once or twice, in the pages of obscure scientific journals. Why the war on drugs has been made redundant 2013-06-15T23:05:01Z