portrayed
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As Bill Barker, who portrayed Jefferson for 26 years before Smith, put it, interpretive misfires aren’t failures so much as proof of concept—“reminders that Colonial Williamsburg,” like the nation itself, “is a work in progress.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Magyar has portrayed Tisza as a center-right party.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
He portrayed himself as an "anti globalist" but invited Germany carmakers, and Chinese and South Korean EV battery makers to Hungary.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
In film and television, book clubs are portrayed as a way for women to briefly free themselves from the shackles of domestic responsibility, sticky children, feckless husbands.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Instead, they portrayed Dr. Kane as selflessly helping a young girl rise from her sordid profession by providing a proper education—polishing his image as a kind of super-generous superhero.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
