pretend
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Or an acknowledgment that not all cats are as cool as they pretend to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I pretend they're already my friends and already offered me the job, and this interview is just about figuring out the details," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
My hope for this country: People learn to tell the truth to each other rather than pretend they like each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It is low volatility until it is not. The trick is not to pretend that intervention cannot happen. It is to avoid picking up nickels in front of it.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I meant for Aunt Tess to meet me, and we can both pretend that’s what happened.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The fires are not a freak event, and no one in Greece pretends they are.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The bot’s final product is exactly that: an essay that pretends to divulge, to confess, to promise, and to portray.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Rhonda had fallen victim to what is known as impersonation scam, where a fraudster pretends to be from a bank or other financial institution.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
She breaks away from me and pretends to eat something.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hine often donned disguises or pretended to be inspecting a factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s been widely reported that in the ’80s and ’90s, Trump sometimes pretended to be his own publicist, John Barron, when talking to reporters.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Purwadi had pretended to be Putri on a delivery app, using her name and photo as the account details.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
He pretended to throw a boa across his neck.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“Everybody in the production office made a huge deal of it, pretending like they were spies, because I knew they’d think that was cool.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nobody in Austin is pretending this is easy or cheap.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
And now a warning: This could also be an elaborate scam — a scammer pretending to be from Fidelity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But somehow, pretending that she had made Penelope feel a tiny bit less nervous as she and the Incorrigibles began to navigate their way through the unfamiliar streets.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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"Eleven"
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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