charade
Example Sentences
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Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
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
And so she appeased Tochi, putting America down, talking only about the things she, too, disliked about America, exaggerating her non-American accent, until the conversation became an enervating charade.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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