pretend
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This is not a 30-minute dinner, and there is no reason to pretend otherwise.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the ballet rehearsal, they warm up, they finesse, they practice and pretend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
On top of the already planned changes, Burnham is also vowing to end shops' use of "pretend prices".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
All of these companies have warned consumers that bad actors will continue to pretend to be something they’re not.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
You pretend to concentrate on straightening a blanket edge.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The fires are not a freak event, and no one in Greece pretends they are.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Rhonda had fallen victim to what is known as impersonation scam, where a fraudster pretends to be from a bank or other financial institution.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
He is not the muscular president he pretends to be on television.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Fern,” I grumble, but she pretends not to hear me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Many pretended it wasn't happening at all, but that's harder to do as the front line creeps closer to the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
It’s been widely reported that in the ’80s and ’90s, Trump sometimes pretended to be his own publicist, John Barron, when talking to reporters.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
After the 2025 fires in southern California even pols like Mr. Newsom at least pretended to acknowledge the need to manage the Golden State’s landscape aggressively to reduce fire risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Jonah pretended to trip, stumbling against Katherine’s back.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
My arms are extended at my sides and I’m leaning forward slightly — not unlike a 3-year-old pretending to be an airplane readying for takeoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lord Cameron also exchanged some text messages with the impersonator pretending to be Poroshenko, who was president of Ukraine between 2014 and 2019.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nobody in Austin is pretending this is easy or cheap.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Did Mom get bored of pretending to sunbathe on the beach?
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing pretend
"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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