masquerade
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And though the high gloss may be an act given Gaston’s actual vocation, Marshall plays the part as if the crook himself believes the masquerade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The Bohemian second son has so far refused to settle down, but this all changes when he meets a masked lady in silver at a masquerade ball.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
People knew Sceptobius was able to masquerade as an ant, but they didn’t know how it pulled it off.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 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 night of the masquerade I try to read in the living room, but I can’t concentrate because I’m so jittery.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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