pretend
Example Sentences
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We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
But we should not pretend that before VAR there was a utopian world where shoulders were shrugged and decisions accepted.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“Although I got less bearish as we declined in the war’s wake, I won’t pretend I wasn’t still leaning short.”
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
The terseness is the message: Beijing no longer feels obliged to pretend it is weighing the costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
“Are you even going to pretend to listen to me?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing pretend
"Eleven"
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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