charade
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The charade will help Stewart close a business deal and make him the favored Whitfield to take over the family’s real-estate empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
What we have now is a shallow affair and it’s not fair to you that the charade continue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
But the not-working group had been functioning quite well, at least as a charade for delay and obfuscation.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
Steve Smith has been able to spend time revising Monty Panesar's answers on Mastermind, and Pat Cummins felt comfortable enough to go through a charade over whether or not he would play at the Gabba.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
I was a fool to have believed I could get away with this charade.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Over five hours, the families competed in 12 events spanning from Jenga to charades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent spends much of his stage time engaged in a series of charades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
Elouise has about the same enthusiasm for Pictionary as I had for charades, but it doesn’t take Jamie very long to convince her to play.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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