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The FCA, which surveyed 1,000 drivers, said many ghost brokers pose as legitimate insurance sellers but offer cheap rates.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

It was agreed a BBC colleague would pose as Kaye, a mother of two in her fifties from Selby.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

It wouldn’t pose as much of a problem if she weren’t such a social being.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025

The War Department hired women to pose as mannequins and stand in the windows of Norfolk’s Smith & Welton department store, their task to entice other women to apply for war jobs.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly