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portray

[pawr-tray] / pɔrˈtreɪ /


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“There’s some things I think don’t portray the facts exactly quite right, but they recorded 500 hours and you’re not going to love everything that’s on the screen. Everybody is represented in this film.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She sought to portray them as sleazy and pointedly decided to lean into an argument of recent months about Englishness.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“It’s weird to say and it’s probably weird to portray, and I don’t know how many people it’s going to resonate with, but that’s what I feel.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Runaway Train" star Eric Roberts, who saw his own Cameo footage similarly distorted to portray him attacking Democrats over transgender issues, told AFP the statements "are not my words and do not represent my beliefs."

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

In the rest of this book, I have tried to portray the scholarly consensus—the ideas that most researchers in the field believe—while giving due recognition to dissenters.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But his new film, Primetime, takes him in a completely new direction - as he portrays the real-life host of American TV show, To Catch a Predator.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"The Social Reckoning" portrays Zuckerberg as an adult, a role played by Jeremy Strong.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The women’s relationship is honest and nurturing, and Ms. Orringer portrays it with great sensitivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Pattinson portrays Hansen as a caricature of himself, accentuating the journalist’s unmistakable vocal cadence to remove any distance between “To Catch a Predator” and the man behind the show.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Any novel or play about the lower class will necessarily be alien to the culture it portrays.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Although black holes are often portrayed as cosmic vacuum cleaners that swallow anything nearby, their feeding behavior is far more complicated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the past, she has portrayed those casting doubts that such a resolution could be achieved as irksome malcontents.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

When she launched her first campaign for council, Raman portrayed her platform as a series of moral choices, saying she would work to make sure the council “leads with its values.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

That version of the tech founder, portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg, is spiky and motormouthed, eager to climb the Ivy League social ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

What a blow for those who have always portrayed Dumbledore as the Muggle-borns’ greatest champion!

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The actor, best known for portraying Nick Miller on the hit comedy series, is looking to part ways with the four-bedroom, four-bathroom property, which offers approximately 3,153 square feet of living space.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The findings add to a growing body of research portraying Neanderthals as resourceful humans who understood and exploited the natural materials around them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

America’s homegrown narratives also have a distinctively national flavor, portraying the choices made by individuals as determining their fate.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Rhys said he first saw the play as a student in London more than 30 years ago and dreamed of portraying Burton ever since.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“There is a spirit about it that should be fostered,” he wrote, portraying the entire project as “an investment for the future of mankind.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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