pretend

"We don't need to pretend to be nobody else, we're just us. It just took a while to get there."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Advisers don’t have to pretend they know it all.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“That should only take a minute and he’s on his way. We don’t need to pretend we give a shit about each other.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Although I’ve consistently argued that long-term investors should keep most of their money in stocks, you can’t just look at the past and pretend that it precisely foretells the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I go out with Rhys, even though I don’t have the energy to pretend I want to.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Early musical shorts like “Morning Walk” and “Danielleanika” lean into his stoic, awkward persona as he pretends to rap or sing a passionate love song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The fires are not a freak event, and no one in Greece pretends they are.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

When I ask her a question, she nods or grunts or pretends she doesn’t hear.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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

"I am the man you left for dead. I am the one you pretended never existed," he declares.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

But the girl who had once pretended to be Joan of Arc had somehow managed to turn make-believe into reality.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Fielder is left wondering whether she’s genuinely unaware of the deal Evans negotiated or merely pretending not to know.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The phone call had come from Amacher—the man now complaining the situation has been blown out of proportion—who said he had called the center, pretending to be a member of Talarico’s family.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Just quit pretending they are a separate bet from oil, and ask your portfolio three questions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

An adventurer who lost a leg in a motorbike crash has warned people not to send money in response to social media messages from someone pretending to be him.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Jack nodded, pretending he understood any part of what she’d just said.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley