pretend
Example Sentences
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I’m not saying to fill in all those outdated USB-A outlets with concrete and let’s pretend they never happened.
When officers responded, Durnion would not let them in and told them he was having a mental health crisis, pretending his father had cancer.
From BBC
Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.
Then there's the female fighter who had to pretend to be a boy because she wasn't allowed to fight as a girl - Caroline Dubois seems to have done that, and Katie Taylor most definitely did.
From BBC
Keisha is the only character on stage who doesn’t understand why these strangers are pretending to be family members.
From Los Angeles Times
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