pose as
Example Sentences
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The journalists pose as newcomers wanting to enter the business of online dog-shelter content.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The defendants also discussed trying to recruit someone to pose as the buyer and fretted over whether they could find someone who looked old enough to play the part in front of a notary.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
It wouldn’t pose as much of a problem if she weren’t such a social being.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025
But that morning in Doña Charito's house, I was not ready yet to pose as one of the model children of the world.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
