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masqueraded

verb

past tense of masquerade

as in posed

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In a sweet family photo taken on Main Street at the theme park, Damon posed with his wife Luciana Barroso and their four daughters Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 18, and Stella, 15.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026
These were all questions posed to 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan following his team’s 41-17 preseason victory Thursday over the Chargers in Los Angeles.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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In October 2024, Joshua Zuazo and Carlos Hernandez, Amanda's husband, impersonated DTE workers and murdered 72-year-old Hussein Murray inside his Rochester Hills home.

— Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
More than a year earlier, Arlington, Massachusetts sent four straight monthly payments totaling $446,000 to a criminal who had impersonated a real vendor and asked to switch from paper checks to electronic transfer.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of impersonated

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Once upon a time, Republicans understood this, or at least pretended to.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
The individual pretended to be from the Federal Trade Commission and told the victims to take funds out of their account and put it into a cryptocurrency kiosk, staying on the phone with them to avoid detection by bank tellers, officials said.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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In the suit, the Mamdani administration maintained that the Council acted outside the bounds of its authority and broke laws around collective bargaining in giving paraprofessionals the pay boost.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
But Spurs acted quickly to tie up those deals and secure Porro, Kinsky and Van de Ven to new contracts.

— Jay Harris, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of acted

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Jack Coleman, who played her father on the NBC drama, shared an emotional tribute on Instagram.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping is taking fans of the dystopian franchise back to Panem for the Second Quarter Quell, in which one Haymitch Abernathy (now played by Aussie actor Joseph Zada) will be forced to fight for his life.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026

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