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role-played

verb

variants also roleplayed

past tense of role-play

as in pantomimed

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Governing parties said the deadline to enroll was enacted to curb the increasing length of time taken to reach a final result after election day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed a federal moratorium on new data centers in March, and the pragmatic governor Kathy Hochul enacted the first statewide one in New York in July.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

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During one scene, Einbinder — dressed in a replica of a black dress Gyllenhaal wore in the original film — acted out an explicit orgasm as described in the script, breaking character in the middle of the scene to double over laughing.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
In the video, Allie dramatically acted out both sides of the conversation, capturing the feeling of trying to extract a straightforward answer from her mom.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

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In Roman art, invidia is sometimes depicted as a gaunt Medusa-like figure with serpents for hair.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
For the cover of the August 10, 2026, issue, the painter and graphic novelist Eric Drooker depicted the Guggenheim Museum as a cool clearing in a forest.

— Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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Tuesday morning’s workout brought a welcome diversion from drills, when SDSU players and coaches moved from the turf to the grass practice field and actually played some football.

— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Etzel said the controversy surrounding COVID vaccines and vaccine mandates has played a role in fueling skepticism.

— Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026

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