portrayed

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Last year, Rhys took to stages across the country in Playing Burton, a one-man theatre show in which he portrayed his hero, Richard Burton.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“Things were set up to portray him in the worst light possible … he’s been portrayed as a bigot. He’s been portrayed as doddering and demented, which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Posner said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In the late ’60s, the media portrayed Solanas as just another radical member of the divisive second-wave feminist movement taking hold in America.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

The Polish nobility, for instance, is portrayed as not so noble, which blurs the line between invaders and oppressors; any subtleties to be discerned between the languages spoken were probably swallowed up in the subtitles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Leah was buried at New York’s elegant Green-Wood Cemetery, portrayed in this 1867 lithograph much like the heavenly Spiritualist Summerland.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock