masquerade

The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, ditches the feline masquerade for a parade of costumes designed with unflagging inspiration by Qween Jean.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

And though the high gloss may be an act given Gaston’s actual vocation, Marshall plays the part as if the crook himself believes the masquerade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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

They’d dropped any masquerade and were just wonderfully, powerfully, and instructively themselves.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

His masquerades flattered his clientele, and their demand created a service industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

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

Over eight weeks in the run-up to the event, the artists at her Harlesden studio, Mahogany Carnival, pour their hearts and souls into designing and constructing unique masquerades for 200 revellers.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023

But is wearing a squishy shoe that masquerades as a hard-soled one really all that terrible?

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

I have heard about the masquerades in England, with their grand costumes and music and acting, but only nobles are allowed to see them.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“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

As the Celtics’ lead swelled, the fourth quarter turned into a party that masqueraded as the closing minutes of a playoff game, replete with rhythmic chants from the crowd: “Beat the Heat! Beat the Heat!”

From New York Times ● May 15, 2022

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

Hunter Schafer plays Yeoh’s partner, a human masquerading as a replicant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

I hadn’t learned yet that I was a Type A person masquerading as Type B. The disguise began to fray almost immediately.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

I keep coming back to psychoanalyst Karen Horney’s 1950 discussion of neurosis and the professions—how they can attract exactly the wrong people, masquerading ideals they don’t possess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

This may be a financial burden masquerading as an opportunity.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

I shudder at my delusions of charity, at my shame masquerading as virtue, at lies I’ve told myself, punishments I’ve inflicted on myself, and punishments I’ve inflicted on my mother.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart