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portray

[pawr-trey] / pɔrˈtreɪ /


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It’s difficult to portray yourself as an antiestablishment maverick when you’re going up against a man dressed as a bin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

It’s why she largely sinks in dramas but succeeds in comedies, where she can portray a version of herself that makes people laugh just by thinking, “Isn’t it so funny that Jennifer Aniston said that?”

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

They will continue to portray a bearish outlook for stocks until they roll over and begin to decline.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

That framing matters because the government attempted to portray Carpenter v.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

He didn’t care about his personal reputation if I chose to portray him inaccurately, he said, but he did care greatly about the harm any inaccuracy might do to his credibility in the medical world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The film portrays Tilly as an AI being with “no real body” and lived experience but with access to everyone else’s, according to Particle 6, the London-based company behind Norwood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

At the market, many of the people the BBC approached were reluctant to speak to us - not all gave a reason but some said they didn't trust the way the media portrays Iran.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The company portrays itself as the goose and its portfolio companies as eggs with a message that seems to be saying SoftBank is worth more than investors believe.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

One of them portrays Ms. Bass as the Joker and also features Kamala Harris and Mr. Newsom.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Objects he’s got, color he’s learning, but he's still feeling dissatisfied with the way he portrays the human figure.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

One early romantic interest was Betsy Stewart, who was portrayed by Meg Ryan from 1982 to 1984.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The attention economy is often portrayed helpfully by media outlets as an individual problem to be mitigated by reducing our own dependence on screens and devices.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Grisetti portrayed Nigel Bottom from 2017 to 2018 for the show’s national tour.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The New York City borough of Brooklyn is often portrayed with nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Even the most intimate songs of Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn soften raw emotion with a poetic image - rejection being portrayed as an iced-up lake, or happiness as a bird singing.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

To Bateman, no amount of convincing mimicry changes the fact that an AI figure has never actually experienced the emotions it’s portraying.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Jaafar Jackson, the singer's real-life nephew, plays the titular role, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long portraying his parents.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

"The commission is concerned that Sanofi pursued a misleading communication campaign to disparage Fluad by portraying it as inferior to Efluelda, going against national vaccination recommendations in several member states," a commission statement said.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Still, portraying the process as essential, Bingham casts the painting in glowing light and crowns it with a blue sign that says “The will of the people the supreme law.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

As more scientists, writers, and others went public with their doubts, news coverage gradually shifted to portraying spirit communication as a likely hoax.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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