alter ego
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One person has come forward to declare he will challenge Farage: Count Binface, the alter ego of comedian Jon Harvey, who regularly runs in UK elections with his trash-can shaped head and long cape.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
The stage name, she explains, is less persona than alter ego - "a very personal rebellion".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Paul Alexander Nolan’s Max, the owner of a boardwalk video store who crashes into the lives of the Emerson family, puts on a Clark Kent facade to conceal his nefarious alter ego.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
If she were like her comic book alter ego, the Flint Avenger, she’d have this up in a nanosecond.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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