masquerade as
Example Sentences
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As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
He tells the BBC that scammers are behind many of these lock-outs and one of their preferred methods of fooling people is to masquerade as customer support agents.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
The codes direct unsuspecting users to fraudulent websites that often attempt to masquerade as sites affiliated with government agencies or banks, according to the USPIS.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
"Through collisions and mergers, these stars collect more hydrogen. Although they were formed from an older population, they masquerade as rejuvenated, young-looking stars. They are like zombie stars; they eat their neighbors."
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
Ordinarily he simply would have recruited someone else to masquerade as Campbell and claim the money, but of late he had become increasingly wary.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
