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charade

[shuh-rayd, shuh-rahd] / ʃəˈreɪd, ʃəˈrɑd /


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Ex-Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, now in exile, described the process as a charade which generated "fabricated" results.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Having never signed up for this sad charade, malicious compliance is one of the few weapons she has.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025

Why force myself to go through with this charade again?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

“Jain’s and Cohen’s months-long charade was deliberate, coordinated, and unlawful,” Palantir said in the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Approve my charade and my intentions in the same glance.’

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

In playing charades with our friends, for example, we aim to prevail, but only in fun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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

They were all masters of checkers and chess and bridge and cribbage and dominoes and anagrams and charades and Ping-Pong and billiards, as well.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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