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playacted

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past tense of playact

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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Sculptural pieces are blown and shaped using innovative molds made out of paper or wood; organic curves or impressions are added in the soft glass.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Leonard, who made tens of millions in off-the-books, no-show endorsements, made out like a bandit with this settlement, especially since his $51 million contract for the coming season was not voided.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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In the year that followed, Menin’s group worked to put on public art shows and concerts in downtown neighborhoods, and offer discounts downtown businesses.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
That humanizes our experience because there’s a lot of pressure put on moms to be superwomen.

— Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

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The firm also issued a statement saying that over 65,000 of its passengers were affected by the outage.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
The government authorized schools in areas affected by volcanic ash to shift temporarily to online learning to reduce students’ exposure to ash.

— Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 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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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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