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dramatizing

verb

present participle of dramatize

as in depicting

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The Wilmington Police Department is aware of a video circulating on-line allegedly depicting the argument and alleged assault.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Another student at the Kendall-area school said Cardoso showed her a video depicting a boy between 12 and 14 having sex with a woman.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of depicting

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An immigration attorney representing the man's family identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The Reese’s x Reebok Angel Reese 1 sneaker sports a Brown/Orange/Yellow color combination inspired by the brand’s signature color palette as well as representing its staple chocolate and peanut butter flavors.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of representing

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Saab was flown back to Venezuela, where Maduro’s regime publicly celebrated his return after spending years portraying him as a diplomat illegally detained by Washington.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of portraying

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The new study adds another potential health concern, but the researchers themselves caution against interpreting the results as proof of causation.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
The online methodology is important when interpreting the results because the sample was drawn from Venezuelan internet users rather than through face-to-face or telephone interviews of the broader adult population.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of interpreting

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Neither will the hapless farmer’s mane, soon rendering him a yeti-like village pariah.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
But the plot loops and falls in on itself, rendering the dreamlike first half open to interpretation, and leaving viewers to sort through its many possible explanations.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of rendering

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Consider enacting wind barriers to protect your lavender if they’re planted in a spot that will likely experience harsh winds.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 14 Sep. 2026
Tomlin, Fonda and Parton played a trio of secretaries who took revenge on their sexist boss by kidnapping him and enacting changes in the workplace in his name.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of enacting

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Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez will make her UN debut on Thursday while her former boss, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, sits in jail mere miles away in Brooklyn.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Whitney Leavitt had already announced her decision to leave the show months ago, citing her budding acting career.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of acting

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At scale, those infrastructure inefficiencies can multiply with thousands of agents performing millions of tasks per day.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
In posts celebrating his return from the moon and recent career shift, Glover can be seen performing dance routines with his family — but don't bother refreshing your feed to load more any time soon.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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