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dramatizing

verb

present participle of dramatize

as in depicting

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Iran refers to Trump’s ‘delusion’ about the strait Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi appeared to respond to Trump’s post on social media depicting the strait as American territory.

— Samy Magdy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Jahnke’s work features four panels depicting realistic images of local wildlife, including geese, raccoons, a fox and an owl.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of depicting

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Paul Schmidt, a Covington & Burling trial attorney representing Meta, contested O'Neill's arguments, and disputed the notion that Meta executives misled the public with their statements about child safety.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Diaz-Balart, a longtime member of Congress, is seeking another term representing the South Florida district.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of representing

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Through its own websites, the mysterious group has been portraying itself as vigilantes out to rein in greedy video game developers.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Russia has rejected all accusations of espionage, portraying them as part of anti-Russian hysteria.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

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Trouble with the way samples are handled or the presence of other medical conditions such as kidney problems or viral illnesses can also lead to confusion with interpreting the results.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Interiors are a fresh take on classic British West Indies elegance, nodding to the overall aesthetic of Little Palm’s past but re-interpreting it as tropical chic of the present.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

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Russia is slowly edging towards its territorial goal of taking the Donbas – albeit through rendering the remaining ground held by Ukraine uninhabitable through horrific drone strikes on all signs of civilian and military life.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Restore screenwriter Scott Frank’s original idea of rendering the past in black and white.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendering

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With some destinations enacting limits on cruises, including restrictions on the size of ships or number of guests that can visit, small ships – which can have as few as a couple hundred passengers – may be able to go where bigger vessels can’t.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Last year, the state acted boldly by enacting Senate Bill 72, a law that establishes a statewide target of nine million acre-feet of additional water supply by 2040.

— Valerie Pryor, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of enacting

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On May 15, the EKL learned that scammers, acting through their chief accountant, defrauded their Swedbank and SEB bank accounts of nearly $800,000 in government subsidies via an elaborate scheme disguised as salary payments.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Instead of law enforcement, policing shifts to violent secure against mathematical possibility by acting against living humans now.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of acting

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Music is also a big component, with 10 bands on two stages performing each day.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
The Postal Service expects its employees to conduct themselves professionally and appropriately while performing their duties, according to the statement.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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