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Judge Williams said Villafane charmed his partner and pretended to be caring and generous.

He said he realized he needed to quit when he pretended he needed to use the bathroom while he was hanging out with friends so he could return to his chatbots.

Some pretended to be difficult customers to allow the waitstaff to rehearse for future nitpicking.

The post–Plaza Accord bargain, where Japan lent America back the money that Americans spent on Japanese exports, was built on temporary conditions that everyone pretended were permanent.

Madame pretended to be heartbroken, but she had no interest in caring for the child either, and so the boy would have to stay home.