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pretend

[pri-tend] / prɪˈtɛnd /




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“You got questions for me? Fine. Pretend I’m a random fishing boat and fire away.”

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Pretend that I’m like any other player,’” Aquino says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

In April of this year he started to advertise Pretend To Work, and within a month all the workstations were full.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

Pretend that I didn’t know the facts, because they challenged the narrative about who we were, and how my hubris had contributed to it.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024

Pretend it’s the back of a Fox Moth—it’s just as cold.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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