pose as
Example Sentences
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New Mexico authorities put together their case against the social media giant by having investigators pose as children on Instagram and Facebook.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
According to the National Fraud Helpline, fraudsters often pose as celebrities, or use fake celebrity endorsements, to steal from people.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
While he was a student, he met Dylan Hubeart, who became his wife, longtime collaborator and the woman behind the camera when he needed to pose as Indiana Jones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Findley, 54, used several aliases to pose as the bogus lender, and threatened to foreclose on Graceland and auction the compound – unless the Presley family settled the claim for $2.85m.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
