masquerade as
Example Sentences
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People knew Sceptobius was able to masquerade as an ant, but they didn’t know how it pulled it off.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
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 • Jan. 16, 2026
He tells the BBC that scammers are behind many of these lock-outs and one of their preferred methods of fooling people is to masquerade as customer support agents.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
"Through collisions and mergers, these stars collect more hydrogen. Although they were formed from an older population, they masquerade as rejuvenated, young-looking stars. They are like zombie stars; they eat their neighbors."
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
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
