make believe
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Bitcoin might be make believe, but it’s also the center of speculative activity in financial markets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Because if someone tells you you’re a moron over and over, even if it’s just make believe, it gets under your skin.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
“And just make believe and playing. And then on a personal level, I think I learned how to be myself … that everyone would accept me for who I was.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
It is a sensation without parallel in the world of make believe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
We’d make believe twist the rope around a cleet.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
But make-believe can only get one so far when the real world keeps intruding.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Performing and make-believe eased my anxieties. I was able to step outside of myself,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Getting paid to write scripts for a project he’s passionate about, then act out those scripts as a make-believe coach, was once only slightly less unbelievable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
And with every request comes an unspoken plea for understanding, no matter how far into the land of make-believe they’re asking to be led.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Four years ago, Mikayla and I picked plants and created make-believe cures, and we didn’t have a wisp of weirdness between us.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
