masquerade
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Like most bad ideas, the masquerade came to England from France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, jettisons the animal masquerade for a different kind of drag extravaganza.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The Elwood Club at the Pendry Newport Beach hotel in Newport Beach, Calif., for example, gives members access to the hotel’s on-site personal trainer and hosts an annual masquerade party for members only.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The Bohemian second son has so far refused to settle down, but this all changes when he meets a masked lady in silver at a masquerade ball.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Some caterpillars masquerade as dead leaves, twigs, snakes, even bird droppings, to avoid being eaten.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
His masquerades flattered his clientele, and their demand created a service industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Because it often masquerades as self-control or health-consciousness, orthorexia is easy to overlook, even by people suffering from it.
From Slate ● May 25, 2025
Although the letter doesn’t clearly define pseudoscience, Lau notes that a “commonsensical definition” is that pseudoscience refers to “something that is not very scientifically supported, that masquerades as if it is already very scientifically established.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
For more than 50 years the dazzling feather outfits, extravagant headdresses and sparkling masquerades of the Notting Hill Carnival have filled the streets of west London.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023
It masquerades as a two-dollar word, but it’s really worth only about twenty cents.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
“For over a decade, these three brothers, the defendants, masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators,” said prosecutor Madison Smyser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Last season he had masqueraded as Player 001, fooling Gi-hun into trusting him throughout the games and with the armed rebellion, which Front Man of course sabotaged.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
Officials say people have impersonated firefighters to get into fire-ravaged zones, and now a pair have allegedly masqueraded as members of the media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
While evading police, Morgan masqueraded as a rapper and tech entrepreneur.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
He had masqueraded at the hospital for eight years conducting competency evaluations on people accused of crimes before his fraud was uncovered.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
The agent even sent people direct messages masquerading as the real people it had researched.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Employees often feel safer owning the company they know, but that can be familiarity bias masquerading as investment analysis,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
To start, they’ve been masquerading as a vegetable when they are actually classified as botanical fruits.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Their stories were safe and strategic— humblebrags masquerading as embarrassment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Abel had to laugh over one of the bears, who was masquerading as a mouse.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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