pretended
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At Thanksgiving, he dozed off at the table, and the kids pretended not to notice.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
He said her friends had not seen her for some time, but Gordon had lied to them for more than 18 months about her whereabouts and pretended to be her on email and phone messages.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
He slipped on the back steps last winter, and we both pretended it didn’t scare us, but he could have just as easily slipped on another stairwell.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
She pretended to be a distressed mother and argued hysterically that it was their job to find him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
I just ran the line, took a beaver now and then, and pretended somewhere in my mind that I was Sergeant Preston and had a whole team of Kings out in front of me.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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