charade

Chaminade student Pablo Suarez pulled off the charade of the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The charade will help Stewart close a business deal and make him the favored Whitfield to take over the family’s real-estate empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But the not-working group had been functioning quite well, at least as a charade for delay and obfuscation.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

Mohammadi's husband, Taghi Rahmani, said she offered no defence while in court due to her "steadfast" belief that "this judiciary holds no legitimacy" and that the proceedings were "a mere charade with a pre-determined end".

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

At first, Mosley pretended like he was there to fix something, like the dishwasher or the refrigerator, but he eventually abandoned the charade, and now he just came over for lunch.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Over five hours, the families competed in 12 events spanning from Jenga to charades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"We divided attendees into groom and bride's teams and organised games like charades and guessing who the relative is from a stereotype," said CEO Anurag Pandey.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck