pretense
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“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Five days earlier, at around 7 a.m., the couple had crossed the border into Kazakhstan in a hired Toyota Hiace van, under the pretense of taking a vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
The question then becomes: Will fans still tune into college games when there’s no pretense the players are students?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
By the end, he abandons any pretense of legal reasoning, quoting lines from the majority and waving them away as “misleading,” without any explanation.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
When she gets to me, Fauzia drops the pretense of her cold smile.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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