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A huge team hug at the end of that 30-minute assembly has belied a week of dominant play.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2022

The ceaseless West Wing backbiting that captures headlines has belied the reality of working there, which is that aides form tight cliques and burrow into those friendships to endure the chaos of the work environment.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2018

Still strikingly slender, he walks with a full, healthy stride around the garage that has belied the physical anguish from a 35-year career riddled with injuries.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2017

More importantly, he has belied the reputation he had coming up in the minors as a brash showboater who thought he was a little better than everyone else.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2012

Omnipotence has belied its name, and has been driven to the wall; the defeat has been crushing.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various