pretender
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Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last shah of Iran and pretender to the throne, was a scheduled speaker, and the event was packed with Iranian monarchists.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026
Like many previous movies about those who ply that physical trade, “Rental Family” explores the anguish of a paid pretender troubled by increasingly genuine feelings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Artists can sniff out genius from fakes, and Thanos sure looks like a parody of a pretender T.O.P. has encountered in the wild.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
It was a Sunday of high scoring in week six of the NFL as Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat out Washington Commanders' young pretender Jayden Daniels in the feature game of the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
I don’t know who to be: the one who admits that I can’t do it, or the pretender.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
And in return, they surely will win a third consecutive championship against a withering and overmatched group of pretenders that could add Skubal only in their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Football is littered with any number of former pretenders to the Messi throne, all of whom have achieved and suffered varying degrees of success and adversity.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Arsenal have been the great pretenders to the Premier League title in recent years, finishing second in the past three seasons.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
Corny posers and pretenders didn’t care about sneakers the way we did; that feeling of opening up a box of new Jordan’s was something that we owned.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
Our house—the Novis family—we are great pretenders and defenders.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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