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masqueraded

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past tense of masquerade

as in posed

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Tessa posed a vastly different challenge from Elphaba for the actor, in the realism of the drama and the trauma of the emotional arc.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
In another photo, Nader posed outside the event, showing off the dress from the front before joining the New York Fashion Week festivities.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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The agents also allegedly impersonated a moderator on the wiki, using an identical Cyrillic е character in the admin's username instead of the Latin one.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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Coal, which still supplies about 53% of China's energy mix by Wang's estimate, acted as a crucial shock absorber, allowing the economy to substitute away from oil when prices spiked.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Kavanaugh oversees emergency requests from Missouri and acted on his own without referring the matter to the full court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

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Richard Heathcote/Getty Images The 25-year-old was often rotated and played only 2,623 minutes across Ligue 1 and the Champions League but still managed 18 goals and 10 assists.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Sabalenka held and then played one of her best games of the match, breaking at love to tie it at 4-all.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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