pretext
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We narrowed the search for Jamal with several sources - one of them arranged a call with Jamal under a false pretext and recorded their conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
We still see this in so many cases involving the Fourth Amendment, when police use the alleged smell of marijuana as a pretext for an illegal search.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
“I guess it can be seen as a pretext for the album. Just … be sweet,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
But some industry watchers say firms are using the technology as a pretext for other cost-cutting.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Hermione allowed Travers to step ahead of her on the pretext of explaining features of the hall to Ron.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
He is facing his own criminal probe related to cost overruns during renovations of Fed properties - concerns he has called "pretexts".
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
The same month Iraq's embassy in Moscow warned of "attempts to lure or coerce some Iraqis residing in Russia or abroad into joining the war under various pretexts".
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Her lawyer said in an email that the performance review “is further retaliation and an attempt to create further pretexts for the adverse employment actions the Board has already taken against her.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
Ayala says she believes he was looking for pretexts to evict her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
The great difficulty in administering Periculoso arose over more usual pretexts.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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