masquerade
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Thompson: The masquerade ball made me think about Romeo and Juliet a lot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
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
The only question left is how long she can keep up the masquerade before even her audience sees through it.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
According to Netflix’s in-house blog Tudum, the staircase encounter featured in the trailer is the first time the pair cross paths during Lady Bridgerton’s masquerade ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
“If you told me he were Satan in masquerade, there would be a faint chance that I might believe you.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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