charade

Example Sentences

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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

Having been on “The Apprentice,” Jillette knows a thing or two about deception outside of performing magic — specifically the charade of a competition television show.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

They appear to know the victims of this charade aren’t criminals, but ordinary people just trying to live their lives.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2025

And each day, I learned, in one or another way, of more support from non-Muslim Negroes, including a surprising lot of the “middle” and “upper class” black bourgeoisie, who were sick of the status-symbol charade.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey