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She also pointed out that the focus on the 18-week target was masking the fact that several other waiting lists continue to grow, suggesting the government should re-think is narrow focus on this particular target.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Last year, she reunited with filmmaker Nicole Holofcener for “You Hurt My Feelings,” playing a writer devastated to learn that her beloved husband was masking his dislike of her belabored novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

But some economists argued that worker hoarding was masking weakness in the economy, pointing to worker productivity, which slumped in the first quarter.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

While he was putting up a controlled front, his closest associates believed he was masking his anxiety.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall