impostor
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Reynolds’ impostor syndrome didn’t dissipate once she got to set, particularly as Episode 2 pits Alice against Rebecca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He had paid the impostor at least $700 since February, he told her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He said the "lone impostor" explanation did not add up.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Among the takeaways from columnist Callum Borchers’s conversations with women who make at least $775,000 a year: Thick skin is overrated and impostor syndrome isn’t always bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
She thought I was dead and that some impostor was trying to pull a cruel joke, or that Goi and Aleer were lying to her to make her feel better.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Donna Jowers, owner of the real In & Out Bail Bonds, in Charlotte, N.C., has been fielding calls about such impostors for two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Additionally, many AI impostors will be revealed this year as well; the 2026 equivalents to Pets.com will not make it through to 2027.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Right now, dating apps are falling out of favor with those treasured demographics, not least thanks to the prevalence of catfishing impostors and nonstop deluges of fake dating options.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster,” she recites, “And treat those two impostors just the same.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
“It washes away all enchantment, all magical concealment! They know there are impostors in Gringotts, they have set off defenses against us!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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