pretend
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Jamil later defended her post, pointing to the “young girls” who are watching the situation unfold, adding, “We don’t have to pretend we are blind because it’s a pop star.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
For you to pretend they are and honor this man with your presence is unforgivable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Let’s not pretend those were the good old days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Here's the secret: pretend you're making it for someone else.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“I meant for Aunt Tess to meet me, and we can both pretend that’s what happened.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
He pretends to lift a hat to greet her.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Writes Ms. Aviv: “He pretended to speak casually, Andrea said, but she noticed a defiant thrill on his face.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Toy Story” and its four sequels encouraged imagination and playfulness by giving toys the same kinds of personalities that children pretended the toys already had, sending them on adventures big and small.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
It’s been widely reported that in the ’80s and ’90s, Trump sometimes pretended to be his own publicist, John Barron, when talking to reporters.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Was she playing dumb earlier when she pretended like she’d never seen the thing before?
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
That wasn’t the plan — no one in the Ramones, their management or their record company was pretending that commercial success wasn’t important to them.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Everybody in the production office made a huge deal of it, pretending like they were spies, because I knew they’d think that was cool.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Nobody in Austin is pretending this is easy or cheap.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
And now a warning: This could also be an elaborate scam — a scammer pretending to be from Fidelity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dad’s not the dad he’s been pretending to be.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing pretend
"Eleven"
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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