pass as

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The SaaSpocalypse will pass, as Y2K and the XPocalypse passed, because capable people will do the work.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Democrats struck a deal with the White House on Thursday to avert an extended government shutdown, which Senate lawmakers will rush to pass as soon as this evening.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

But then neither is Kate; she has a good enough moral sense to pass as a hero, but the exquisite tension of “The Diplomat” is almost always between the lesser of two evils.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

All things must pass, as George Harrison observed, and individual popularity was fleeting after the Beatles disbanded in 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

She loves to drink mango smoothies, try on hats, and buy whatever we want with acorns she enchants to pass as money.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black