masquerade

Example Sentences

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Independent restaurants have accused global corporations of being "sneaky" and "a killer" to family businesses by masquerading as indies on delivery apps.

From BBC

As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's masquerading as a planet because planets also look like tiny dots orbiting nearby stars."

From Science Daily

This is not as improbable as it might seem, as there is a long history of women masquerading as men to go journeying into the world.

From Los Angeles Times

The only question left is how long she can keep up the masquerade before even her audience sees through it.

From Salon