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portray

[pawr-trey] / pɔrˈtreɪ /


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"Runaway Train" star Eric Roberts, who saw his own Cameo footage similarly distorted to portray him attacking Democrats over transgender issues, told AFP the statements "are not my words and do not represent my beliefs."

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

The regime tried to portray it as a symbol of America's spent efforts.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Some viewers who know Muskoka are proud of the fact that “Sterling Point” is actually letting the place portray itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Alongside his brothers David and Keith, Robert joined other sets of acting siblings to portray sets of real-life siblings in the 1980 western “The Long Riders.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Perhaps they have a different sort of spaceship or ray gun, but in battle—and science fiction loves to portray battles between civilizations—they and we are rather evenly matched.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

CBS’s upcoming legal drama “Cupertino,” premiering next month, portrays tech giants as Goliaths against a team of scrappy attorneys taking up the causes of those wronged by them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Charlie Hunnam, who appeared in the third installment of “Monster,” portrays her wealthy but ultimately unfortunate father Andrew Borden, and Rebecca Hall plays his second wife, Abby Borden.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The film portrays how it began to dawn on her what she had taken on when she entered competitions in the run up to the Games.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

“The Raft of the Medusa” portrays victims of a shipwreck, adrift on the sea without food or water, at the moment they signal to a distant ship.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

The King is portrayed as resentful, with a "senior courtier" reporting an alleged comment by the late Queen: "He even resented it when I taught him the alphabet."

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Immigrants are not the only group whose limited choices are portrayed as freely made.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Kenneth Branagh played Lockhart in the 2002 film of the same name, but Harington portrayed the character in the full-cast audio book version, released by Audible last year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Noodling is often portrayed as an extreme redneck pastime, but it traditionally had more to do with survival than sport.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Many are portrayed pierced with arrows, and gouges in the rock indicate cave-dwellers may have flung spears at the painted game.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

America’s homegrown narratives also have a distinctively national flavor, portraying the choices made by individuals as determining their fate.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Rhys said he first saw the play as a student in London more than 30 years ago and dreamed of portraying Burton ever since.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

And it was really fun to catch up with him, especially considering how much he’s shouldered in portraying Dr. Michael Rabinovitch, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Last week, Meta launched a new public-relations campaign centered on AI optimism, portraying itself as the company that supports AI for everyone—an implied contrast to competitors in the space.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The way American newspapers caricatured his portly build and bald head, portraying him like some stubby supervillain sprung from the pages of one of their ludicrous comic books.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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