as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
shammed a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy
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Take Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola, who pretended to be this African native descended from the Lost Tribe of Israel but was actually born in Baltimore in the Jim Crow South.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Link then called 911 and pretended not to know who Jimenez was despite being married to him for nine years, Bergida said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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Since Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, Chinese stories have increasingly included nods to Chinese nationalist (not just communist) soldiers fighting bravely, thus placing a strong, victorious, and morally righteous China at the forefront of the postwar global order.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Using that precise orbital data, Makadia's team simulated spacecraft impacts under a variety of conditions and projected Bennu's potential keyhole encounters, creating detailed impact-probability maps.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Everything else must be simulated and/or modeled and/or theoretically predicted, and that comes along with enormous uncertainties.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Shammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shammed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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