pretender
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Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last shah of Iran and pretender to the throne, was a scheduled speaker, and the event was packed with Iranian monarchists.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026
Like many previous movies about those who ply that physical trade, “Rental Family” explores the anguish of a paid pretender troubled by increasingly genuine feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Artists can sniff out genius from fakes, and Thanos sure looks like a parody of a pretender T.O.P. has encountered in the wild.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
It was a Sunday of high scoring in week six of the NFL as Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat out Washington Commanders' young pretender Jayden Daniels in the feature game of the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
The ironbom were the enemies of the northern lords this Baratheon pretender needed desperately.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The game was billed as a meeting between the club that wears the crown and the pretenders whose recent attempts to win the title have ended in the bitter disappointment of falling short.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
The collapse of a million Laker mistakes ended with one Denver Nuggets masterpiece, the ugliness of pretenders trumped by the beauty of champions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Corny posers and pretenders didn’t care about sneakers the way we did; that feeling of opening up a box of new Jordan’s was something that we owned.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
The contenders and pretenders are beginning to separate while nobody is really sure what to make of the Edmonton Oilers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
It seemed that the man was on the lookout for pretenders, for kids who didn’t really want to be there, for wimps.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
