charade

Example Sentences

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Steve Smith has been able to spend time revising Monty Panesar's answers on Mastermind, and Pat Cummins felt comfortable enough to go through a charade over whether or not he would play at the Gabba.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Why force myself to go through with this charade again?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

“Jain’s and Cohen’s months-long charade was deliberate, coordinated, and unlawful,” Palantir said in the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

They appear to know the victims of this charade aren’t criminals, but ordinary people just trying to live their lives.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2025

At first, Mosley pretended like he was there to fix something, like the dishwasher or the refrigerator, but he eventually abandoned the charade, and now he just came over for lunch.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly