pretended
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Each side denied—or pretended not to notice—how much business it was doing with the enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
At Thanksgiving, he dozed off at the table, and the kids pretended not to notice.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Simpson, from Aberdeen, admitted that he had pretended to employees that he was a medical student who was authorised to be in the hospital.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Pressed — surely she’s pretended to be sick to get out of a party? — she concedes she has, explaining that she thought he meant the criminal case against her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
At first, Mosley pretended like he was there to fix something, like the dishwasher or the refrigerator, but he eventually abandoned the charade, and now he just came over for lunch.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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