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For more than a year now, Roberts has largely dropped his pose as an institutionalist, let alone a moderate.

Finish the game, Buehler did, needing just 16 pitches to retire the side, lock up a championship and confidently spread his arms wide in a triumphant pose as the rest of the team ran and mobbed him on the mound.

Some commentators say a guilty verdict would do little in any case to harm her chances, because it would let her continue to pose as a victim of the establishment.

They may use charm, create a false sense of urgency or pose as authority figures to pressure victims.

This is the latest reality for those searching high and low on the internet for work: not only are plenty of companies tricking you into applying, but so are the people who used to pose as Nigerian princes or strangely-incompetent tech support workers.