pretended
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Pressed — surely she’s pretended to be sick to get out of a party? — she concedes she has, explaining that she thought he meant the criminal case against her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
She pretended to be a distressed mother and argued hysterically that it was their job to find him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These were that Simpson, from Aberdeen, pretended to employees he was a medical student authorised to be in ARI.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Coal pretended to have made the team and went to every practice, but instead he took his sketch pad out and started drawing on the side of the field.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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