pretended
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Each side denied—or pretended not to notice—how much business it was doing with the enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
He slipped on the back steps last winter, and we both pretended it didn’t scare us, but he could have just as easily slipped on another stairwell.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Then he headed back to barracks, where he sat with the surviving troops and pretended he had suffered a concussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Also this year, Cohen’s press officer secretly was recorded by a woman who pretended to be on a date with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I pretended that I’d never come home from school to an empty house, drawers opened, furniture upturned, doors hanging from their hinges.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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