acting as

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U.S. citizen Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Chinese agent, having received at least $100,000 for recruiting informants, providing communication devices, and relaying intelligence to handlers in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Ringrose adds: "When you have a child acting as a brand ambassador and promoting this world to other children it legitimises it."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Living in separate homes, acting as if your house is a teenage crash pad and refusing to make any changes to his habits treats you like girlfriend/boyfriend rather than husband/wife.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

He also expects Apple to launch an independent Siri app that functions similarly to other AI apps by acting as an “interface for text, voice, and attachments.”

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The first Saturday in our new house I could see a bunch of girls down the street jumping rope, but they were acting as if I wasn't there.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English