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charade

[shuh-rayd, shuh-rahd] / ʃəˈreɪd, ʃəˈrɑd /


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Chaminade student Pablo Suarez pulled off the charade of the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The charade will help Stewart close a business deal and make him the favored Whitfield to take over the family’s real-estate empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Having never signed up for this sad charade, malicious compliance is one of the few weapons she has.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025

I can’t believe the charade has gone on this long, with Mister Johnny knowing about me, and Miss Celia walking around like a ding-a-ling, like she’s still pulling her trick.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Over five hours, the families competed in 12 events spanning from Jenga to charades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"We divided attendees into groom and bride's teams and organised games like charades and guessing who the relative is from a stereotype," said CEO Anurag Pandey.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

He read out the rules for what was essentially an arena-scale game of charades between him and the audience, in which his number of wins determined which costume he donned for the next act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

At the mention of charades, Penelope felt a glimmer of hope.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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