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“For-profit providers are part of the youth baseball economy and we should not pretend that they have no effect on what families spend,” said Greg Casterioto, a spokesman for Perfect Game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

And this "enabled the club to pretend that such funds represented operating income".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Herzog doesn’t have the answer to that question, and he doesn’t pretend to.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Or, when caught, how to pretend to be shut down.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Maybe it doesn’t make sense, but I can’t help thinking if Mom got in trouble, she’d pretend to be somebody else.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The case not only ignores these major competitors in the theatrical market but also pretends this market represents the entirety of the competitive playing field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

What’s disheartening is that she pretends there is no connection, telling Vogue Italia last week, “Algorithms and artificial intelligence are the opposite of taking risks to me, and that is the opposite of making art.”

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

"He is not happy, he pretends he is happy," said Tamim.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Under the blazing Vegas sun, giant billboards advertise "Live Enhanced" as the baritone voice of a sports announcer pretends to introduce British swimmer Ben Proud and other athletes.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

At last, Mrs. Kluck sits at her desk and pretends to grade papers.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Also this year, Cohen’s press officer secretly was recorded by a woman who pretended to be on a date with him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The mood was perhaps best summed up at the face-off, when Joshua smiled and pretended to tickle Fury's stomach.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Instead, Owens pretended there are numerous holes in the case.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Mother played the part beautifully as he feigned frustration and pretended to call a superior.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected criminal network believed to be behind dozens of fake asylum claims from people pretending to be gay.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Learning how to fall and pretending you have superpowers can’t cancel out physics.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Prosecutors have said Linton was pretending to seize during the tests, noting the scan itself did not show brain activity consistent with an epileptic episode during the moments when she was physically reacting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That framework was reassuring to me because it doesn’t require pretending that your 20s are just one long savings challenge.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

While she must have been tuckered out from pretending to be Mrs. Barley and insinuating herself into the highest levels of Southern society, she didn’t show it.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan