act as though

They definitely didn’t act as though Trump had some meaningful mandate.

One day this boss would make her a promise, and then the next day act as though that conversation had never happened.

In patients that go on to develop CRS, Tewari explains that while there is "no bacteria, per se," the neutrophils are confused and act as though there's an invader.

This required the family to move several times and his children act as though they were forced to live in a third-world country.

Europe’s leaders began to act as though war were inevitable.