fictionalized
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Shell has maintained Cipriani fictionalized the two men’s dealings, then spread “false and salacious lies to extract a massive payday.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Most of us will recognize the fictionalized version of Boesky, Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” telling us that greed is good.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025
Orlean is one of the New Yorker’s most high-profile writers, having been portrayed by Meryl Streep in “Adaptation,” a heavily fictionalized version of her book “The Orchid Thief.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
“I have a fictionalized version of my recovery” because people want so many details of what happened—and want a happy ending, he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
And though Grove would eventually release a fictionalized version called The Years of Fear, the original historical account was never published.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
