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His teeth were spread apart and stained, Carter recalled, almost as if someone had painted them to match a glass of iced coffee.
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Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The wife, who’d been fixated on the cages, shook with a startle, as if waking from a dream.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
In Ragtime‘s most impressive achievement, those three groups (and their musical motifs and dance choreographies) are introduced in the astonishing opening number, separately at first but then blending together as if to illustrate the cauldron that was and is New York City.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
But both teams played with a high level of effort and spirit as if the playoffs were already here.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The wife, who’d been fixated on the cages, shook with a startle, as if waking from a dream.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
In Ragtime‘s most impressive achievement, those three groups (and their musical motifs and dance choreographies) are introduced in the astonishing opening number, separately at first but then blending together as if to illustrate the cauldron that was and is New York City.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
But both teams played with a high level of effort and spirit as if the playoffs were already here.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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