pretending

Example Sentences

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If my knowledge of pretending to understand this stuff serves, portfolios should be fine, as long as we don’t look.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Last week the bond market stopped pretending the problem would fix itself.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

“People love to manufacture the drama of pretending that I’m claiming it,” Parsons says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In March, an undercover agent contacted one of the participants to ask about the iRobot deal and other trades, pretending to be a securities regulator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Just as Edmond Dantès had tricked his captors by pretending to be a dead body, she had tricked the Babushkinovs into bringing her to Saint Petersburg.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood