pretext
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She believed they were duped by the daughter of ex-president Jacob Zuma under the pretext of attending a personal development course in Russia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“As we did before, we will challenge this latest pretext and preserve her position and the historic role of the Fed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
We still see this in so many cases involving the Fourth Amendment, when police use the alleged smell of marijuana as a pretext for an illegal search.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Eventually, they flew her to Ahmedabad under the pretext of visiting a sick relative.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
On every kind of pretext she would run away from work and go to the drinking pool, where she would stand foolishly gazing at her own reflection in the water.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
He has previously accused Russian authorities of "fabricating new pretexts to restrict Russians' access to Telegram".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
No surprise, the panel agreed with him and concocted pretexts to kill the treatment—for instance, the staff opined that maybe biopsies had zapped the tumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In his video statement Sunday, Powell dismissed the renovation and testimony as "pretexts".
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
The pretexts are flimsy; due process is absent, and mistakes have already been made.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2025
All three were formally censured, under various pretexts, in company with John Quincy Adams, at this and other gatherings of the Garrisonians.
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Frederic May Holland
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Animal Farm
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