portrayed

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At the same time, it is sensitive to the amount of interest that it pays commercial banks on their deposits, Duffie said, as this often gets portrayed as a giveaway for banks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint previously portrayed the lead characters in the film franchise.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

But the often-loathsome characters in this irresistible eight-part series—which portrays data-mining the way “Dr. Strangelove” portrayed the atomic bomb—are weak, damaged, in the wrong jobs, or the wrong marriages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

But the nonchalance of the sapphic romance portrayed in the video for 2025’s “First Luv,” and the ferocious rapping of “Shagidi” show this is an ambitious band with influence and inventiveness, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Indigenous peoples are portrayed as having helped make the country great by sharing corn, beans, buckskin, log cabins, parkas, maple syrup, canoes, and even the basic concepts of democracy.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz