alter ego

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Herrmann, Hitchcock’s musical alter ego, also wrote the underscore, or background music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“There was no one note,” she says of her onscreen alter ego.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

PdVSA is effectively Venezuela’s alter ego, tied at the hip given that oil remains the lifeblood of the economy.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

This was around the time of Coogan's Portuguese crooner alter ego, Tony Ferrino.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 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