charade

Ex-Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, now in exile, described the process as a charade which generated "fabricated" results.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025

Why force myself to go through with this charade again?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

“Jain’s and Cohen’s months-long charade was deliberate, coordinated, and unlawful,” Palantir said in the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

And each day, I learned, in one or another way, of more support from non-Muslim Negroes, including a surprising lot of the “middle” and “upper class” black bourgeoisie, who were sick of the status-symbol charade.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

In playing charades with our friends, for example, we aim to prevail, but only in fun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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

It must have been half past five in the morning, well after several delirious games of cards and charades that had been brought on by too much candy and too little sleep.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken