portray
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And they are satisfying to portray, he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s difficult to portray yourself as an antiestablishment maverick when you’re going up against a man dressed as a bin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It’s why she largely sinks in dramas but succeeds in comedies, where she can portray a version of herself that makes people laugh just by thinking, “Isn’t it so funny that Jennifer Aniston said that?”
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
They will continue to portray a bearish outlook for stocks until they roll over and begin to decline.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
They say she was a good woman, not the monster the soldiers portray her to be.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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“We’re lucky to have our source material be written by one of the most detail-oriented writers of that particular age,” said Rigney, who portrays the fictionalized Ellis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"A lot of commentary portrays Iran as having an almost unlimited amount of weaponry," says Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Instead of presenting history as either flawless or irredeemably broken, she portrays the United States as an ongoing democratic experiment whose greatest strength lies in its ability to reform itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Relying primarily on the collections of the New York Historical, “Democracy Matters” portrays the promise, changing contours and limits of American democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Lorenzetti portrays the moment when Mary becomes pregnant.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Among those weighing in on the S&P 500’s first closing high in 42 sessions was Michael Burry, the investor famed for predicting the housing market crash and portrayed in “The Big Short.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Blake portrayed Smith as a man doomed from the start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The new approach comes as Arnault has grown increasingly frustrated with how he and his family are being portrayed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy and William Hartnell are among the stars who portrayed reincarnations of the Doctor in the original series of the show, which was cancelled in 1989.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
What a blow for those who have always portrayed Dumbledore as the Muggle-borns’ greatest champion!
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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"The Odyssey", which follows Greek hero Odysseus on his long journey home after the Trojan War, stars Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway as Odysseus and Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway lead the cast as Odysseus and Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
To Bateman, no amount of convincing mimicry changes the fact that an AI figure has never actually experienced the emotions it’s portraying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In “Onegin,” portraying the title character’s hapless friend, Lensky, each made distinctly indelible impressions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The way American newspapers caricatured his portly build and bald head, portraying him like some stubby supervillain sprung from the pages of one of their ludicrous comic books.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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