portray

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“New Humans” refuses to condemn innovation for its harms, but also doesn’t portray any step forward as an unalloyed good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The bot’s final product is exactly that: an essay that pretends to divulge, to confess, to promise, and to portray.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Stirling returns to play this year's joint winner of The Traitors, Stephen Libby, alongside other celebrities such as Scott Mills and Alison Steadman, who come face-to-face with the real contestants they portray.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Nicole Kidman and Rosy McEwen portray Patricia Cornwell’s famous forensic medical examiner in Prime Video’s “Scarpetta,” the first time the character has been on screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

It wasn’t hard for her to portray Ammu as the person actually responsible for Sophie Mol’s death.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy