faux
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Borgli’s audacious, stark writing defies faux outrage, even if that performative indignation will be an inevitable product of a film so daring.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
When a nameless secretary drops a sheaf of papers, Kornev’s response to help is instinctive, yet we cringe at the careless faux pas he commits in this unfeeling society.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Another way to add colour and texture is with faux plants, says Emily, a third year student of psychology in education at the University of York.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Sometimes, however, for no reason that science can yet explain, a perfectly ordinary faux pas is not forgotten at all.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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