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On top of the already planned changes, Burnham is also vowing to end shops' use of "pretend prices".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Picture-perfect, Mozart-drunk Salzburg can’t pretend everything is fine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Jamil later defended her post, pointing to the “young girls” who are watching the situation unfold, adding, “We don’t have to pretend we are blind because it’s a pop star.”

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

All of these companies have warned consumers that bad actors will continue to pretend to be something they’re not.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Sometimes, Mom, even I’m not a good enough actress to pretend not to notice when Bat is being weird.”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

The fires are not a freak event, and no one in Greece pretends they are.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

The bot’s final product is exactly that: an essay that pretends to divulge, to confess, to promise, and to portray.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

Bren pretends he is dancing with someone, then twirls around and tries to dip himself.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Writes Ms. Aviv: “He pretended to speak casually, Andrea said, but she noticed a defiant thrill on his face.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

In response to a separate question about political disquiet, Forbes said that "politicians have pretended to be able to deliver utopia for too long".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

It’s been widely reported that in the ’80s and ’90s, Trump sometimes pretended to be his own publicist, John Barron, when talking to reporters.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

We all pretended that we didn’t hear her and dove beneath the surface.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Salzburg, Austria — “Optimism doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine,” the Belarusian flutist and political activist Maria Kalesnikava said in this year’s Salzburg Festival keynote address.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nobody in Austin is pretending this is easy or cheap.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

And now a warning: This could also be an elaborate scam — a scammer pretending to be from Fidelity.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

He is lamenting the death of his wife, Seleuce, who is not actually dead but also on Cyprus, pretending to be a shepherdess and looking for him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“The Forest Olympics, Turkey Vulture called it. After that, he had us whittle spears, which was cool until Steve sat on mine and broke it. And Scorpion kept pretending that I was the deer-hide target.”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth