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charade

[shuh-rayd, shuh-rahd] / ʃəˈreɪd, ʃəˈrɑd /


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Chaminade student Pablo Suarez pulled off the charade of the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Ex-Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, now in exile, described the process as a charade which generated "fabricated" results.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Why force myself to go through with this charade again?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

“Jain’s and Cohen’s months-long charade was deliberate, coordinated, and unlawful,” Palantir said in the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

“I do think it is, without exception, the best charade I ever read.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

In playing charades with our friends, for example, we aim to prevail, but only in fun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"We divided attendees into groom and bride's teams and organised games like charades and guessing who the relative is from a stereotype," said CEO Anurag Pandey.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh had the honors Sunday, and she gamely followed the script’s instructions as though presiding over an evening of charades that an oracle had dreamed up in advance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025

Percy had never been good at charades, but Hedge nodded like he understood.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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