charade
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Chaminade student Pablo Suarez pulled off the charade of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
Ex-Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, now in exile, described the process as a charade which generated "fabricated" results.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Having never signed up for this sad charade, malicious compliance is one of the few weapons she has.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
“I’ll have to leave if this tacky charade continues.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
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
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
“I’m really enjoying this game of charades, by the way. First word, sounds like?”
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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