Thesaurus results for PERSONATED

personated

verb

past tense of personate

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to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was

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My model is concentrated on the last 24 rounds played, and includes driving distance, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained around the green, strokes gained putting, and strokes gained on par 3s longer than 200 yards.

— Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
View this post on Instagram Alyson Stoner Alyson Stoner, who also played Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, shared an emotional, heartfelt video mourning the loss of Panettiere.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

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That list includes Kansas City slugger Jac Caglianone, who was mocked to Colorado in some drafts, and has 21 home runs this season.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
During the 2024 postseason, Carrington struck Clark directly in the eye, leaving the league's signature star with a visible black eye, then mocked the ensuing public outrage online.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 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

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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

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