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fictionalize

verb as in fake

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Eddie Glaude Jr. slumps a bit as he rubs his forehead, the universal sign of being overwhelmed by the flood of partisan nonsense Aaron Tang fictionalizes in “Breaking the Deadlock: Truth Under Fire.”

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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.”

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“I have a fictionalized version of my recovery” because people want so many details of what happened—and want a happy ending, he wrote.

“He was serious and thoughtful about his career, not bitter but not exuberant either,” said Waldman, who ended up writing a musical based on a fictionalized version of the Headhunters.

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An emotionally raw, fictionalized account of William Shakespeare and his wife grieving the loss of their young son, “Hamnet” won Toronto’s People’s Choice Award on Sunday, making it Zhao’s second movie to take that honor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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