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

In the end the sheriff's conclusion was that the Arthur Knight charade was "implausible" and "fanciful".

From BBC • May 21, 2025

And this whole charade that they're pulling, it can't last.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

“What’s in it for me?” he whispered back, his arms wrapping around me in what was probably the most awkward and weird hug of my life as he kept up the bizarre charade.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin