Fail
Obscure
Obscure verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Common collocations
| thanks | fail thanks | obscure thanks |
Both words in one sentence
- The source material for such a reference is so obscure that many modern studies of warfare in the period fail to take it into account.
Source: Shown Their Work / Web Comics -
From Nobody to Nightmare: Being a somewhat obscure relation of Julius Ceaser, most stories show most people fail to either anticipate Ceaser leaving everything to Octavian in his will, the loyalty of Ceasers legions to the name or indeed Octavian's political savvy.
Source: Useful Notes / Augustus
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