pretense
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This year, McVay avoided any pretense of suspense.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
He was instead dispensing with even the pretense that he was open to hearing the Obama administration’s arguments.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Shredded was the pretense that men’s Division I basketball and football players are amateurs—and the NCAA’s ability to regulate sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Yet he did not muster even the pretense of evidence that they pose an “imminent threat.”
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
She’d managed to convince him to give her a tour under the pretense of extreme boredom—when, in fact, she’d used every moment to plot a dozen escape routes from her room.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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