charade

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

Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Having never signed up for this sad charade, malicious compliance is one of the few weapons she has.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025

And so she appeased Tochi, putting America down, talking only about the things she, too, disliked about America, exaggerating her non-American accent, until the conversation became an enervating charade.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck