Thesaurus results for IMPERSONATED

impersonated

verb

past tense of impersonate

as in mocked

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher

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to present a portrayal or performance of interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town

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Recent Examples of impersonated Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 The second is listed only as a school district employee in the affidavit, who Knowles allegedly impersonated during an exam at Florida Atlantic University in August 2024. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 In an effort to conceal the causes of death, Sit impersonated the owners and had the dogs cremated, according to prosecutors. — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The former Smiths frontman first voiced his concerns about being impersonated online in April 2025. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026 Armed with those details, Logendran contacted Rogers’ online support team and impersonated the husband, claiming he had been locked out of his work account. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026 Catholic Charities has publicly denounced representatives’ being impersonated to scam immigrants. — Albinson Linares, NBC news, 4 June 2026 While Manning has been impersonated on the show by the likes of Miles Teller and made a cameo sharing his love for Emily in Paris, his first and only time hosting spawned several memorable sketches. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 Later, investigators found that an adult woman had impersonated the child, who was already dead at the time, during that video call. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026

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Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal.

— Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026

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Haiti became the first team in FIFA history to qualify without having played one game at home due to gangs’ takeover of its national stadium and the violence in Port-au-Prince.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Julian Dennison stars as the troubled Ricky Baker, a kid who ends up on the run with an irascible old man, played by Sam Neill.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of played

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Court reporters say the job can be performed only by a human being, who can intervene to ensure everyone is heard and who bears responsibility if a transcript is missing or incomplete.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Atlas performed a series of soccer moves developed using a combination of motion retargeting, reinforcement learning and whole-body control.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

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But in the aftermath of recent accusations against the late leader, Alvarado decided to recut his doc to remove the moments in which Chavez is portrayed in an overly positive light as a civil rights hero.

— Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
The official Islamic Republic News Agency posted video that portrayed the launch of the strikes.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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Even the idyllic island on which the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron) is keeping an amnesiac Odysseus when the film begins is depicted as a windswept sandbar that looks in danger of being washed away by a strong-enough storm.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
While Street is depicted as a staunch professional in the show itself, Slavit observed that the camera consistently cut to her legs, servicing the male gaze and objectifying the character.

— Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of depicted

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While Kali’s protruding tongue is sometimes interpreted as a gesture of embarrassment or shame, the Rolling Stones’ logo reimagines it as a symbol of protest and antiestablishment sentiment.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026
None of this should be interpreted as opposition to development.

— Todd Baisch, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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