pretense
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It is supplying the constitutional context and stripping away the pretense courts so often cling to when they want to stay out of the fray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Rubio added that the Nicaraguan leader and his wife, Rosario Murillo, whom Ortega named as his "co-president" in February 2025, had "abandoned even the pretense of popular consent".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This year, McVay avoided any pretense of suspense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was instead dispensing with even the pretense that he was open to hearing the Obama administration’s arguments.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Great Ellen, more than any other ghost, had shed all pretense of mortality.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Barofsky said Fain declared under false pretenses that Boyer had been derelict in his duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, Lori, a young Black woman hired under false pretenses as an assistant, stares mutely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
“In cases where people buy properties sight unseen, it would be a stronger case that they made that contract under misleading pretenses and for it to be null and void,” Leben said.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
This time around, there are no more pretenses.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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