portrayed
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In the 1999 corporate comedy “Office Space,” Riehle portrayed Tom, a middle manager who is laid off by the company before being seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident and winning a large settlement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Although black holes are often portrayed as cosmic vacuum cleaners that swallow anything nearby, their feeding behavior is far more complicated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the past, she has portrayed those casting doubts that such a resolution could be achieved as irksome malcontents.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Patekar portrayed characters that would "remain etched in the memory of generations", Modi wrote on X, adding that his death had left "a vast void in the artistic world".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some of them portrayed her as a hardworking immigrant who had come in search of opportunity and had been overcome—temporarily, her supporters insisted—by the obstacles and the odds.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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