pass for
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With a population of about 2,400, it could pass for any number of prairie towns: modest houses and churches, mostly boarded-up storefronts, and a grain elevator towering above everything.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then he didn’t miss a single pass for another two quarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But these wider problems of the entire game are not an excuse for an England team who, frankly, would be given a pass for endless hours after midnight if they were winning.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was raised near the shore of Chicago’s slice of Lake Michigan, a body of water wide and blue enough to pass for the sea.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Princesse was sixteen but because she was very short and thin could easily pass for twelve.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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