pretend
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Raise your pretend glasses, Kyle Juszczyk and Jake Ferguson, and chug the imaginary beverages of your choice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Two, as a manager, I had to pretend like everything was fine. Three, it felt exploitative to my team.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
But I won’t pretend my hands are clean.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
And this "enabled the club to pretend that such funds represented operating income".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She did not have to pretend to be angry with him.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
In one widely shared video, Maleeha Akhter, 21, an activist with a left-wing student group, pretends to rock a baby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Under the blazing Vegas sun, giant billboards advertise "Live Enhanced" as the baritone voice of a sports announcer pretends to introduce British swimmer Ben Proud and other athletes.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
The bot’s final product is exactly that: an essay that pretends to divulge, to confess, to promise, and to portray.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
He pretends to go in his pocket and pulls something out.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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
Also this year, Cohen’s press officer secretly was recorded by a woman who pretended to be on a date with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
These were that Simpson, from Aberdeen, pretended to employees he was a medical student authorised to be in ARI.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
He pretended to throw a boa across his neck.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The phone call had come from Amacher—the man now complaining the situation has been blown out of proportion—who said he had called the center, pretending to be a member of Talarico’s family.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Then he disappeared into the nearby stand of trees and stooped down, pretending to relieve himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But nobody in Wales is pretending there's nothing to worry about.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Just quit pretending they are a separate bet from oil, and ask your portfolio three questions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
I knew it wasn’t, because I’d been watching those kids play for weeks, but I was pretending to be weighing my options carefully.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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"Eleven"
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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