Oh, yeah, the joys of pretend residency, with my pretend house, pretend garden and pretend summer-night parties at which I pretend I know what to serve.
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They play pretend, sure, but when they play pretend they know they're playing pretend.
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Andrew flinched from the pretend burn, shook his hands pretend cool.
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At election time a few politicians (from both parties) pretend to care, pretend to like pork rinds, pretend to be on the working class's side — but it's mostly baloney.
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I could pretend right now that I was, and sound important, but I can't pretend.
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And we pretend to kayak and we pretend to be really interested in some philanthropy.
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You can pretend to be me, you can pretend to be like me, but you're not.
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Let's just say, it's not easy to have pretend sex on a pile of pretend money.
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We shouldn't pretend that it's not a tradition and we shouldn't pretend that it's not Jewish.
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I would pretend I wasn't nauseous and I would pretend I wasn't tired — and that's really tiring.
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There was a train made of stackable blocks for pretend traveling, an ice cream parlor set with mix-and-match scoops and cones for pretend eating, and a mini broom and mop for pretend cleaning.
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Pretend you're a lawyer in Alabama; now pretend a state representative is proposing a lawyers-only Gold Medal Tax.
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Most importantly, don't pretend there's nothing you can do to solve the problem, and don't pretend it's already solved.
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And while I'm resilient AF, I'm not going to pretend it's been easy, and I don't want to pretend.
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You know, I never saw a person pretend to be your friend and pretend to care about your well being.
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To pretend that it's such a tragedy is to pretend that there's no social and collective responsibility for the outcome.
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Some writers "pretend to be more lovable than they are and some pretend to be less," he told Ms. Lee.
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"To pretend that it's such a tragedy is to pretend that there's no social and collective responsibility for the outcome."
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Sorry fans of Jennifer Garner's "Pretend Cooking Show," the actress' lovable adventures in the kitchen are going to stay pretend for now.
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She really worked there and I pretend worked there, so it was obviously a pretend promotion for her to be upset about.
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Helping them was semi-illegal back then, but police would pretend not to see us and we'd pretend not to see them.
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"Before we walk in the door, I say, 'Pretend the seller is home' or 'Pretend somebody is listening,'" one realtor told the newspaper.
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While men pretend not to judge women for the way they look, we go to great lengths to pretend we don't care, either.
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We cannot pretend, if we want to introduce our work to a new generation, we cannot pretend that we can just ignore these spaces.
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The whole point of playing pretend isn't just that a child's imagination is boundless, playing pretend was also free—which these kits definitely are not.
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It was sort of a dream back then, where you pretend to be this superhero, you pretend to do all these things you couldn't do.
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To bridge the gap, Republicans simply pretend that the latter is the former — they pretend that the government measures they embrace are actually free-market measures.
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"We can't fix problems that we pretend don't exist; we can't improve the lot of parents at work if we pretend we aren't parents," she wrote.
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"Children can pretend to be a salesman, wrap themselves in Senegalese fabrics, smell spices, roll a rug or pretend to fish in Zanzibar," Ms. Martin said.
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There's no need to pretend to be happy with choices like these, and there's no need to pretend to be happy in general, which is what brings us to this week's One Video pick: a Paramore video about how women are expected to pretend to be happy.
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If you can pretend Grey Sloan can withstand every tragedy it has over the last 15 seasons, you can pretend the Shepherds have never seen Amelia's Instagram.
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For example, one player could pretend to throw a fastball and the other player could pretend to hit it with characters on the screen mimicking the actions.
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The Malians' mission was to guide a pretend fighter pilot to a pretend terrorist den — a rust-colored house, just like all the others in the city.
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"We put the build in front of a bunch of people who pretend to be press and pretend to write reviews about it," said the ID Software employee.
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"My little Joey came in and he put ketchup on his arm to pretend he was bleeding to try to pretend he was an actor," Groga told PEOPLE Now.
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" - Hailey, 23 "Pretend friended his sister for years.
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And if Trump isn't going to even pretend to be vetting his sources and fact-checking his arguments, then the press isn't going to pretend to believe what he's saying.
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These are the records people fall in love to night after night round the country, and to pretend that they're lacking in value is to pretend that shared experiences are worthless.
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They sit there and pretend to look busy, pretend to be careful as they work as a cashier at the student union, or to stock shelves when there's nothing to do.
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"There's a saying that 'in LA, the poor pretend to be rich; and in SF, the rich pretend to be poor' and it's completely spot-on," said Quora user Li Xuo.
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He didn't respect congressional Republicans' doubts and worries, and he wouldn't pretend to take them seriously, even though right now would be a really good time for him to at least pretend.
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Pretend I'm DeadBy Jen Beagin Out May 15With her droll humor and hilarious (but also earnest) observations, the 24-year-old narrator of Pretend I'm Dead had us hooked from page one.
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Just as it's variously illegal to pretend you're someone you're not, to steal someone's ID, to pretend you're a cop, and so on, it would be illegal to nefariously misrepresent someone digitally.
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I asked her if it's strange to watch these other women pretend to be her, and she said that she has spent her whole career watching other women pretend to be her.
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The dancers pretend to be tiki warriors, and when the chief, in parting, bids us officially welcome to "the land of happy people," we pretend to believe that such a place exists.
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XpresSpa does not pretend to be a palace of luxury.
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You can't pretend that you know more than you do.
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You pretend to be cool with people, but you're not.
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The situation is too dire to pretend it's not happening.
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It wasn't easy for me to (pretend to) hurt her.
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There are troll accounts which pretend to be someone else.
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"Then pretend you're talking to the hiring manager," Nightingale explains.
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I like to pretend I'm a bartender on occasion. ($237.25).
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They're kufar -- infidels -- who pretend to be Muslims, but aren't.
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Why are we continuing to pretend these are reasonable people?
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I don't like when people pretend they're somebody they're not.
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In conclusion, all you dudes can pretend all you want.
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"Can we pretend that story didn't happen?" one fan wrote.
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When walking in heels, simply pretend you're not wearing shoes.
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I can pretend I don't even get Social Security yet!
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Don't pretend you didn't watch religiously; those kids were CUTE.
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No one even tried to pretend it was something else.
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I'd rather just pretend I'm dead than hurt someone's feelings.
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It's life and it's... KS: Do you pretend like that?
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Yet Democrats and Republicans alike have chosen to pretend otherwise.
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I wasn't prepared to pretend to be anything I wasn't.
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Should I speak to her or pretend I know nothing?
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I will not pretend my survey follows a scientific method.
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He was callous and made no effort to pretend otherwise.
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Being as honest as she is, she couldn't pretend anymore.
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"Unlike other guys, I didn't have to pretend," Alihan said.
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He doesn't know details about policy, and doesn't pretend to.
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"It's really nice, I can't pretend it isn't," he said.
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We don't pretend like we know everything, because we don't.
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She's not going to even pretend she goes to Target.
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They didn't care about facts and didn't pretend to care.
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Why pretend that it is an inventory, not an invention?
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I'm not even going to pretend to understand this one.
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You can't 'pretend' to be a lawyer or a teacher.
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He knows he's ripped and superhuman, so why pretend otherwise?
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Maybe. Is there a way to pretend they didn't happen?
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Let's pretend I used one on my kid last week.
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We can't pretend that we live our lives without risk.
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Guinea pigs love to pretend that the floor is lava.
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It takes a second to pretend they're all not there.
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You don't dick around tryin' to pretend you're somebody else.
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We're sick of stars who pretend they don't wear makeup.
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Plainclothes policemen pretend to take selfies, while filming café gossip.
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Suddenly, you didn't have to pretend to like watching Kerrang!
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Or do they pretend the emperor is still wearing clothes?
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Jozea and Day pretend to listen but make no promises.
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"We can't pretend it's not out there anymore," said Limbago.
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So, Chesterfield decided to just pretend like it never happened.
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You could argue that, hey, movies are pretend anyway, so
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They're professional athletes, for us to pretend otherwise is ridiculous.
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Often, we pretend to be happy as a social lubricant.
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Seems unnecessary for her to pretend it's more than that.
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I don't want to pretend that there aren't downside risks.
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Studios can no longer afford to pretend to be oblivious.
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Internet trolls love playing pretend Nazi for the shock value.
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We hug them and pretend not to mind their smell!
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Masri does not pretend to be immune from his subjects.
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Don't even try to pretend you don't get that reference.
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We're not going to pretend it's a cheesy dollar slice.
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But it is disingenuous to pretend conflicts do not arise.
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You pretend that people have great ideas that they don't.
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Let him pretend that he is giving up and going.
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Pretend you're having a conversation with an actual human being.
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To be successful, their leaders must pretend not to lead.
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"It was tough to pretend to like him," she said.
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It hurts all of us to pretend she's not flawed.
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Retailers also can't easily pretend their business is based overseas.
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I don't pretend that none of my positions have changed.
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"Bankers pretend they don't care about league tables," he said.
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Brian: Lemme pretend to be Tucker Carlson for a moment.
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So Offred doesn't play along and pretend there's a pregnancy.
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I'm not going to pretend I don't like Taylor Swift.
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With Annalise, Liara didn't feel like they had to pretend.
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It would have been impossible to pretend nothing had happened.
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It does baseball no good to pretend that it will.
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I'll pretend it's just something I had in my closet.
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Mr. Systrom does not pretend that Instagram Stories is original.
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You don't need to pretend to be your colleague's friend.
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"But I can't pretend I'm ecstatic about it," he said.
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No way to pretend away the relentless shame of him.
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To pretend everything is normal is just impossible right now.
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Let's pretend there's a magical cloning machine in the world.
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Let's pretend, however, that this is a court of law.
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Quinn doesn't pretend the process is magical or perfect, though.
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To pretend they did not know just doesn't cut it.
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The two men may pretend to enjoy a warm relationship.
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"Sometimes I would pretend to be asleep," Ms. Beck said.
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"I'd rather endure solitude than have pretend intimacy," she says.
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Until then, Kings fans will at least get to pretend.
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Then the president could pretend it was for The Wall.
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They pretend their platforms, which are astonishingly powerful, are benign.
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I'm not going to pretend that this is always easy.
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And it shouldn't be me trying to pretend I'm 23.
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But it's not easy to pretend to be a bully.
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Pretend equality can be excellent practice for the real thing.
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I can't pretend to know what the future will bring.
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I can't pretend to know what the future will bring.
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If you must use plastic, beware the flimsy pretend stemware.
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"We can't pretend we are in the 1920s," he said.
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The other students onstage then pretend to sexually assault him.
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STREB And I think what we make — this isn't pretend.
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It was no use continuing to pretend it wasn't there.
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A bot would pretend to visit a website like CNN.
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" Or, as little Nikita says, art is "just for pretend.
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Nor should we pretend that all women are judged equally.
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But don't pretend you're one when you're really the other.
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But we're not required to pretend the charade is real.
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The map wasn't science; it didn't even pretend to be.
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She heard them pretend to be gay as a joke.
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"Young Radicals" does not pretend to scholarly authority or rigor.
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I can't pretend to care much about any of it.
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We seem to live in an era of pretend emergencies.
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It cannot pretend to be anything other than it is.
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We cannot continue to pretend we don't have a problem.
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I don't pretend that I'm fair and balanced and objective.
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Just go through the motions and pretend you're cleaning something.
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And Netflix doesn't aspire, or pretend, to have everything, either.
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If monogamy is not our thing, do we pretend otherwise?
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You just need to pretend to be an important person.
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Time to stop listening to those that pretend it away.
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It's silly to pretend that you're not who you are.
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He could simply pretend that it supported the administration's position.
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It's just conceptually confused if you pretend they're the same.
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Or are we going to get ... pretend it didn't happen?
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Answer: I will pretend I sleep and wake up like this!
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"The politicians can pretend it's something else," the ad's narrator says.
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I can't pretend that any of them have ever interested me.
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Yes. So let's pretend only New York decides to prosecute him.
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I won't pretend to be sure I've gotten everything exactly right.
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I won't pretend there are any easy or satisfying answers here.
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We're also not going to pretend that these things don't exist.
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So let&aposs not pretend like this was someone off problem.
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Now that he has been fired they PRETEND to be aggrieved.
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"feelings" to pretend to an elevated, rational position and minimize someone
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Again, he's uncertain: "Easy thing, Easy thing to pretend," he sings.
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We would pretend that we were out in the free world.
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I mean, we can pretend we do, but it's really no.
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But also, don't pretend this means that science is somehow safe.
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I would pretend that this part of my body didn't exist.
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You also have to pretend business is something that it's not.
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Go ahead and pretend like you don't have a checkered past.
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I'm going to pretend like I know what you're talking about.
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Let's pretend it's anywhere in the ballpark of a million dollars.
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We don't have all the answers, and we don't pretend to.
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Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter: Rihanna should pretend this never happened.
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Finally, a cocktail we can pretend is semi good for us.
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Emboldened autocrats have little need to pretend that they govern democracies.
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I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.
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It's cool to pretend to like grime more than ever now.
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He pretends to be pious, and white evangelicals pretend to care.
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Why should I pretend that I'm old and full of experience?
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I'm going to pretend that we all agree misogyny is bad.
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I'm not even going to pretend that tea will work today.
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First of all, I can't pretend to be in your shoes.
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Even better, it doesn't pretend to offer easy answers or platitudes.
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Don't pretend you don't know the name and possibly fear it.
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Let's pretend it's real and get into some of the specifics.
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For that pay, many employees do not even pretend to work.
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The register featured a numerical keypad, cash drawer and pretend money.
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Adorable fact: Sometimes, the Potoo likes to pretend it's a tree.
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How many of you pretend to be busy, that's your move?
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Can you pretend to look at me and be like 'Yes!
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And to pretend we can crowdsource it is even more so.
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I'm not going to pretend like threesomes are a new thing.
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On the other hand, who would pretend to like this shit?
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All you have to do is pretend to be an animal.
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" Leland wishes he'd continued: "No, we should pretend to be crows!
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Two participants pretend to be deceased as part of a simulation.
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Why would Facebook pretend like they&aposre doing something wrong here?
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If you pretend something over and over, sometimes it comes true.
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"But I don't pretend that God told me what to do."
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I don't want to pretend that we treat it as one.
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It was a little disingenuous to pretend the move was altruistic.
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" I asked him: "Pretend that I shop or work at Walmart.
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Sun's going to have to pretend to be a waiter, though.
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We pretend global warming is no big deal, a distant threat.
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We're just going to pretend the Elijah Wood Spyro didn't happen.
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I won't pretend there aren't cultural differences that don't come up.
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We can't just sit there and pretend it's not a problem.
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If we pretend it was all peachy keen—it really wasn't.
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She writes: I don't even pretend to speak for all women.
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Don't pretend you aren't into the idea of hands-free selfies.
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I can't pretend to have an answer about stuff like that.
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Then we pretend that we're, like, way knowledgeable about LV history.
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I'm not going to ever pretend to be coy about that.
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Pretend future generations do not exist, only the current generation exists.
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It's foolish to pretend medical science is immune to social biases.
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I correct him but pretend not to know who he is.
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"Bernie and I can pretend to get married," she remembers thinking.
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Does that mean a rich person should pretend they're not rich?
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So let's pretend you've got the 28 grand to throw around.
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This is just a fun thing we pretend while it's Christmas.
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Or they pretend to be sick until they elicit a response.
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The facts: Only 5 percent of online predators pretend they're kids.
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Can we pretend the camera shift at the end was intentional?
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"They pretend they know, but it's still just pretending," he responds.
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We can pretend that terrorism is far away, but it's not.
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Jim's decision to wake her up—and then pretend it was
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It's so bad Avatar's creators like to pretend it doesn't exist.
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I don't want to pretend that I'm something that I'm not.
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My wife … told me, 'Don't pretend you wouldn't ever running again.
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She's not a personal-finance expert and doesn't pretend to be.
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Don't pretend like I'm with that bulls--- your President been tweeting.
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But then again, Shiki doesn't pretend to be a ramen house.
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Will Debbie 'pretend' to get drunk and do a freaky dance?
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Yet they still pretend that coal lifts "entire populations from poverty".
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Enthusiastic consent is where you should also pretend to like it.
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I pretend to be on the phone or listening to music.
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They pretend to be human by asking for a cease-fire.
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I'm too emotional to pretend like I can play this game.
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Just pretend you have a cold and I have a cold.
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I pretend to be cool on social media, but I'm not.
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Sketch Guy Do you remember playing pretend when you were little?
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No mom is — and we shouldn't have to pretend to be.
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Don't pretend you can't hum every note of Green Hill Zone.
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Let's not pretend, however, that this would be the easiest course.
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Hopefully I will get a clear shot at the pretend president.
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I am a woman, and I don't pretend to be otherwise.
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We can't pretend those same feelings aren't growing here in Canada.
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" Looking back, she said, "I couldn't pretend like everything was okay.
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So, the mega fan decided to pretend to be Ross Geller.
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"We cannot pretend that these words won't have consequences," Goodman said.
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What if I put whiskey in milk and pretend it's Baileys?
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This casserole isn't trying to pretend to be something it's not.
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We can try to pretend that it's not, but it is.
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How he tried really hard to pretend that he was sober.
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No one equipped to stem the MAGA tide would pretend otherwise.
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Impossible to say — but let's not pretend the notion is absurd.
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We can't pretend that aging is simple or devoid of complications.
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The earlier generation of women tried to pretend they were men.
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"Let's not pretend this is something it isn't," Mr. Primiano said.
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I wish I knew, so I could pretend to not care.
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Don't pretend you're not as smart or worldly as you are.
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But now he has stopped bothering to pretend that he doesn't.
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It's almost blasphemous to pretend you could write new classic rock.
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"She told us to pretend we were sleeping," the artist recalled.
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We come here but we pretend like we're still back there?
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"It's exhausting to pretend that things are O.K. all the time."
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In high school I learned to pretend I had my period.
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Pretend I see it in the stone, with a gruesome cherub.
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Don't be overly charitable Or at least don't pretend to be.
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I feel like everyone was like, let's pretend that didn't happen.
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At least we can pretend we're somewhere other than our couches?
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My first inclination was to pretend I hadn't heard the question.
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"Let's not pretend this is only about the children," she said.
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Politicians who pretend otherwise are "like a wolf in sheep's clothing."
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Many filter out his crazy stuff and pretend it doesn't exist.
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I won't even pretend to guess what she's going to say.
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But don't pretend there isn't judgment couched in your safety concerns.
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In this virtual world, I could pretend my disability didn't exist.
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I'd smile, and pretend I didn't hear, while clearing dirty dishes.
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But Ms Rollins does not pretend to be a fortune-teller.
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"I can't pretend that the spreadsheet didn't frighten me," she wrote.
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It doesn't pretend to prescribe easy solutions to such complicated problems.
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I'm not going to pretend that I'm immune to this allure.
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"But I think she sort of gets that we're playing pretend."
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But let's not pretend the legalization of marijuana isn't about money.
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"Just pretend you're visiting a huge outdoor loony bin," Thompson said.
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But I don't pretend that God told me what to do.
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To pretend otherwise is to maintain that the sky is beige.
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"Pretend you're wearing a big black garbage bag," Ms. Vee said.
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In shocking fashion, Kavanaugh didn't even pretend to have judicial temperament.
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The girl was visibly shivering, though trying to pretend she wasn't.
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"I don't pretend that I rule the world," Mr Guterres acknowledged.
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"He's sort of a pretend, fake president," Louis-Dreyfus, 58, continued.
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"Pretend I'm on the ballot," Trump said at a recent rally.
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Tolentino doesn't pretend to be outside of the stories she's telling.
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I'm not going to pretend to understand what you went through.
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Yael; Or I'd pretend I was a long-lost twin, maybe?
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He had good ideas for pretend games involving bows and arrows.
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Pretend you're taking out a credit card at a department store.
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"I don't pretend to know how all this ends," he said.
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Why did my brother have to pretend he is facing monsters?
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Sometimes they pretend like they wanted a break that soon anyway.
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"Y'all kids can't just pretend to run," the coach had said.
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You can look it up later and pretend that I knew.
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But pretend, for a moment, that Trump was telling the truth.
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Munchausen is when you make things up, pretend to be sick.
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What, how and why we pretend though, are the important questions.
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The Super Bowl and all the attendant hype is a successful effort to pretend that all these other complicating factors don't exist, don't matter; to pretend that the rockets on the rocket belts aren't fueled by hydrogen peroxide, that the pigeons aren't going to end up shitting on everything; to pretend that professional football is action without consequence, an image without a negative.
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The association, its supporters, and various status quo shills can pretend talented athletes don't have any value beyond the artificially-fixed price of a scholarship—heck, they can even pretend college athletes aren't worth that much.
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" A friend of John's told a biographer: "From Elton's point of view, here was this guy who had made it as a pretend poof, and here he was a real poof, having to be a pretend straight.
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And even in those moments I tried to laugh it off, and pretend I wasn't hearing what I was hearing, or try to pretend that I had misunderstood, because I didn't want a direct confrontation with him.
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It's not supposed to exist —we're supposed to pretend there's nothing there.
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Nor am I going to pretend they're sufficient when they clearly aren't.
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They pretend to be talking in metaphors when they're in fact lying.
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New sexting tip: when in doubt, pretend to be in an Ikea.
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Maybe since this is a pretend date it won't end in tears.
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He no longer bothers to pretend he is trying to reform Russia.
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Pretend away all the people and all the stuff built by people.
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"I don't pretend to be a venture capitalist, or something," he says.
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To even pretend to care seems like a colossal waste of time.
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That way, I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not.
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Then keep things simple and just pretend you didn't notice the comment.
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Sriracha on brownies: Don't pretend it's some fancy "heat meets sweet" creation.
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Just don't pretend that they're the ones that love what they're doing.
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That&aposs when you pretend your microphone and earpiece don&apost work.
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Now no one knows anyone, and they all pretend they saw nothing.
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The Saudis pretend to be our friend, but sadly they are not.
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But let's not pretend this happens because of our Mean Girls impulses.
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You're picky as hell, even though you pretend to be so flexible.
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And there's nothing more hipster racist then some good ol' pretend allyship.
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You can pretend you didn't have an opinion, but you probably did.
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Are we trying to pretend this was some sort of state secret?
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And we'll pretend to love tennis too, if that's what it takes.
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But in this nation we guard the wound, pretend it isn't there.
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We can't pretend that words mean nothing, because they do mean something.
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But exceptional talent really does exist, and it's silly to pretend otherwise.
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As smoke begins to fill the room, the staffers pretend nothing's wrong.
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They absolutely are and I'm not going to pretend that they're not.
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Men, by contrast, try to pretend that they're just naturally cherry red.
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Commissioner Roger Goodell would rather pretend that these women are independent contractors.
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There's a lot of science fiction that doesn't pretend to be realistic.
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We can't be silent and we can't pretend that it's not happening.
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Don't pretend you don't still quote both of those in regular conversation.
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And, look, I'm not going to pretend the bad stuff doesn't happen.
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The solution so far has been to pretend nothing much is wrong.
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Her job is to pretend to be people she's not — i.e. acting.
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Pretend for a moment that you run a large and successful company.
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I wasn't just going to delete and pretend that it wasn't happening.
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Nearly every day, she visits the dolls in the home's pretend nursery.
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I feel like that's a fun thing to pretend to be doing.
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I can't just pretend that I don't know what that feels like.
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He said [to] just pretend if someone asks you to do it.
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For the generic training videos you can tell yourself it's all pretend.
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People who post racist diatribes online often pretend that they are joking.
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There's people who pretend to be depressed to party and get attention.
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Want to sit alone on your porch and pretend you're eating yogurt?
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Other children built block towers or made pretend ice cream sundaes nearby.
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You do not get to pretend that there were no red flags.
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I'm not gonna pretend that I did all that stuff by myself.
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Humans don't have soulmates, but we can always pretend that dogs do.
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I was like, 'Hmm, let me just pretend like that didn't happen.
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Others pretend to be investing, but are actually just moving their assets.
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Lang was trying to pretend he didn't have any facial articulation himself.
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Yet foreign governments and corporations are content to pretend it isn't happening.
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I don't pretend that a different word fixes everything (or, hell, anything).
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So why not take this opportunity to pretend to be, say, royalty?
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You just pretend to care when it gets round to that time.
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I don't have to pretend when people like her can come out.
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And for the reason I prefer to pretend that he doesn't exist.
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You have to pretend you like the mismatched colors of their team.
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So here we go, just pretend I'm Margot Robbie in a bathtub.
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And if we try to pretend they're not real, they're still real.
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You pretend that you're patriots, but you are anything but a patriot.
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At least Jared Kushner didn't pretend it was an effing sheriff star.
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But we cannot pretend that regulation alone is going to be enough.
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He just steps into her arms, and slowly, they pretend to dance.
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"I wanted to sort of pretend like it never happened," she said.
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I don't pretend to agree with every plank of our party platform.
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Pretend like you're watching TV in the '90s with this simulator. 21.
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Just pretend it doesn't even exist and live off of everything else.
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Brands work hard to pretend to be your friends on social media.
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This is not to pretend that the UFC isn't just as bad.
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I know she has her deficiency, but I pretend she does not.
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I'm just trying to pretend that I'm not, when I really am.
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Like the class act he is, he can't even pretend to GAF.
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I grab a mint from my secretary's desk and pretend it's filling.
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It is as if Ryan prefers to pretend that Trump doesn't exist.
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The prison yard is a memory; they don't have to pretend anymore.
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But I can't pretend it's the sexiest looking bottle of all time.
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Sometimes I cross the street and pretend I'm looking at my phone.
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"You can't just pretend it's not going to come up," Betz said.
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Wear this one so you can pretend to know about Japanese culture.
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I don't pretend to know the exact mechanism by which this happened.
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" As she said, "You pretend that things are funny that are not.
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It's not an aggressive anti-sex stance like incels pretend to have.
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Eva and I would go in and pretend we were wig shopping.
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He's not even trying to pretend he thinks any higher of us.
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To pretend otherwise betrays the rule of law Sessions claims to defend.
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We simply aren't part of the story and shouldn't pretend to be.
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"Let's not pretend that Democrats and Republicans equally deny science," Maher said.
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No one can even pretend to guess at his name or theirs.
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As a pretend, able-bodied woman, I received all kinds of messages.
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However, I don't pretend that my beloved hometown is without its problems.
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This is not a pretend trade war," he said on "Power Lunch.
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That's just fantasy - even Bernie Sanders doesn't pretend that fantasy could happen.
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Real people don't commit when they strongly disagree; they only pretend to.
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Plagiarism allows speakers to pretend the eloquence of others is their own.
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Pretend your life depends, literally, on someone answering a single question truthfully.
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They will pretend they're just looking out for the rest of us.
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But let's not pretend that this election is something that it isn't.
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And it takes a willful, deliberate act of ignorance to pretend otherwise.
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I don't pretend I've evolved or that I have all the answers.
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Pretend investors think they need to monitor their investments all the time.
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In fact, you probably feel sort of drained from having to pretend.
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So, the criminals can easily pretend to be one of these companies.
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"I don't care about him and I can't pretend that I do."
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We have no idea, but we're willing to pretend that we do.
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Still, it's fun to buy these knock-offs just to play pretend.
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That night, Sanders was a basketball player again, if only for pretend.
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Of course nobody wants to, but let's pretend you have no choice.
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We want to pretend these things don't happen, but absolutely they do.
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Maybe, but it isn't nearly as confusing as we'd like to pretend.
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Thanksgiving is not avocado toast time, so let's not pretend it is.
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Some girls pretend they don't have a boyfriend, but I never did.
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Mouth Sounds #2699 is out on July 27 via Let's Pretend Records.
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Does the universe not know I have a pretend novel to write?
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Pretend like you do, because otherwise you're a part of the problem.
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And we pretend it doesn't matter and like we don't internalize it.
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There's too much at stake now to pretend that everything is okay.
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We shouldn't cultivate ignorance and pretend that the Soviet period never existed.
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Nor can we pretend that the threats will ebb any time soon.
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Others pretend they are collecting money, cars or boats for military veterans.
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We will not escape it unscathed, and no one should pretend otherwise.
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I don't pretend to know if such a presidency will ever happen.
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He may pretend that he isn't, but he's part of it, clearly.
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"She can't pretend to be a moderate after those votes," Cunningham said.
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Perhaps it's easier to pretend that he's not the one saying them.
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Williams has done her best to pretend last year's events never happened.
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But we should also not pretend that science-p can remain silent.
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Pretend you are browsing and then make a beeline for the bathroom.
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"Just pretend he's one point down, please," Trump told the rally's crowd.
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Joanna is actually going to pretend to be Kara for our outro.
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Whatever its political stance, it didn't pretend it was going for inclusivity.
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"Give it a try, pretend you're Aladdin next time," she would say.
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Pretend you are in the audience, a member of a strange congregation.
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"I can't pretend to understand the details," says Tessa's co-chief executive.
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Dollhouses are fun toys that encourage creativity, imagination, and foster pretend play.
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We don't pretend to have all the answers, and we're not perfect.
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Instead, pretend they are delivering new information and grant them the satisfaction.
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Again, no one should pretend that finding the perfect message is easy.
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And no one should pretend that the Democrats have already found it.
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I don't pretend to have an answer to that in the book.
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Play kitchens are great for encouraging independent pretend play in young children.
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I don't want to pretend Laura Dern was an unknown before 2017.
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"We don't pretend to be a millennial media company," Mr. Schneps said.
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"It's easiest for me to pretend it didn't happen," Ms. Wulff said.
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Chameleon-like, both pretend to believe whatever is necessary to be popular.
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"Life's too short to pretend to be somebody you're not," he says.
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Only a truly villainous person would even pretend to hurt this child.
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He would call up with fake accents and pretend it wasn't him.
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There will be nothing … Ivan Ilyich can't pretend that he's not dying.
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It would be unnatural for me to pretend as if I don't.
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He'll remember him, trying to pretend he's dead but wiggling a bit.
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Serve with very, very cold yellow beer, and pretend it's August somewhere.
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It is counterproductive to hide them or pretend that science settles them.
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Even the finest kohlrabi shouldn't have to pretend it's a rib-eye.
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You can even pretend you're running outside with access to Google Maps.
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We won't even pretend that it could be considered "good debt."8.
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Others pretend to be investing but are actually just moving their assets.
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A pretend kitchen and shelf full of fake groceries completes the room.
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If you pretend you're Norman Mailer, you can take up some space.
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I can't even pretend to "forget" what those other lyrics could be.
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Should she pretend she was seeing the scene for the first time?
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He could probably order another and pretend it was only his second.
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We can't pretend we know how the unwind is going to go.
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He begs Jess to tag along to pretend they are still married.
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They do worst when they pretend as though they are emotionless robots.
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But tellingly, Heritage has to pretend that this is what it wants.
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They do not pretend that they have collected all the available evidence.
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I&aposm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here.
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"This doesn't mean the parent should pretend it's all OK," Ginsburg warned.
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We do not pretend to know how this presidency will play out.
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"They can't pretend that they are just a platform," Ms. Boldrini said.
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We can dine and pretend that our livesare our lives without speaking.
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Helman: I don't want to pretend I know what he really thinks.
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They are the victims of criminal enterprises that only pretend to govern.
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No, Ruth shouldn't have to pretend to enjoy Tom's lechery, she says.
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Donald Trump doesn't even pretend to speak to or for all Americans.
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It's a political truth that Democrats understand and Republicans pretend doesn't exist.
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Should we pretend that Donald Trump made a real deal with Mexico?
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Sometimes, I pretend I have a pair of binoculars with beer glasses.
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We shouldn't pretend that it is, or that it's going to be.
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I won't pretend to have any type of special insight on Dahlen.
|
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Why pretend she was opposed to ending it if she actually wasn't?
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We hadn't fixed anything, but the statistics let us pretend we had.
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Or that I'm a man sad enough to pretend that I am?
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When you play pretend, you have to be really careful with that.
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I will not pretend to know what they're all going to be.
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No one else gets to pretend their politics are free of identity.
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We did a couple of theatrical videos, such as having one person pretend to be a giant while they chasing the rest of the group, or having the group pretend to walk on a tightrope between two shoelaces.
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Toysery Cell Phone and Key Toy Set $17.95, available at Amazon Pretend phones are an old standby in my house, and this combo set has the added bonus of pretend keys so you don't have to accidentally lose yours!
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"To pretend we're unified as a party after coming through this pretty bruising primary, which just ended like a week ago, to pretend we unified without actually unifying — then we go in the fall at half-strength," he said.
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We will not shut our eyes and pretend your suffering does not exist.
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You didn't have to pretend anymore, it was like, OK this is safe.
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Pretend, for a while, that you won't have to face the darkness alone.
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With enough GIFs, you don't even have to pretend you know the rules!
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Maybe that's why we prefer to pretend immigration starts at the Rio Grande.
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And it's not like we can all pretend to be Elsa from Frozen.
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Or sink into a comfy chair and pretend to shoot up a nightclub.
|
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But we can't pretend that some unnamed cavalry is coming to save us.
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And don't even pretend you're above the allure of a hotel breakfast buffet.
|
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And sometimes, I just want to turn away and pretend I didn't see.
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You have to, but I don't pretend to be an expert in that.
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So, one day I'll pretend to be the kid and write his essay.
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Or they are broke, but they are going to pretend to be rich.
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We won't pretend that reaching an agreement won't require compromises from both sides.
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Despite lyrics that are full of potential,"Can We Pretend" is nearly unlistenable.
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However, the actors are not from the region, and don't pretend to be.
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"To pretend that you could do so is a dangerous delusion," Fox said.
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"If a glass is half full, you can't pretend it's full," Neff said.
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It's wrong to pretend that China isn't one of our major economic competitors.
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We can't pretend it's not a trend anymore, so what does it mean?
|
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I walk in the rain and pretend it's not getting my socks wet.
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Because you pretend like you hate him but I think you love him.
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As Spacey's career blossomed, Rapp could no longer pretend like he didn't exist.
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For me to pretend I've been some raging Apple bull — I have not.
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I don't like how sometimes people pretend to not be a certain way.
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Still, most people only pretend to eat the cereal out of the pothole.
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Russia does not pretend to offer the world an attractive ideology or vision.
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It is not possible to pretend that this is just another world player.
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Randall has a face that only a PTA mom could pretend to love.
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I'm obsessed with this little town and like to pretend I live there.
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People who are lactose intolerant love to pretend they are not lactose intolerant.
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"We certainly don't pretend our brownies are healthy — they're a treat," Lovett explains.
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Any "secure" systems which pretend this is not true will fail from disuse.
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We fact check everything we say, but we don't pretend to be neutral.
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"This wasn't a normal series of debates so let's not pretend," he wrote.
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Trump University didn't even pretend its goal was to offer students an education.
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Why do the work when you can just pretend to do the work?
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Being in denial: i'll just pretend that Channing and Jenna's breakup didnt happen.
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What was all of this about this past week, was that just pretend?
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Not cheap, but don't pretend like you could customize a figure this flawlessly.
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You can't pretend to not know the ending if you know the ending.
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Don't pretend like you're cursor isn't hovering over that "Add to Cart" button.
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The GOP, with its anti-science positions, wants to pretend it doesn't exist.
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But it's hardly the American renaissance Trump likes to pretend he is overseeing.
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If you want to get rich on Ebay, pretend to be a man.
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But let's not pretend this is the solution to our democracy in decline.
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USUALLY politicians pretend that good economic news on their watch is no surprise.
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But sometimes, they choose to pretend otherwise and expect us to believe them.
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But let's pretend we all agree that health care is a human right.
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If you can't bring yourself to pretend, try to practice some compassionate communication.
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Damon had the kind of strength I only pretend to have on screen.
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This whole breast pump thing isn't easy, and she won't pretend it is.
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For the duration of Halloween weekend, you can pretend you're from another era.
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I think that's radical and interesting, but you can't pretend it's the same.
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Dodgy companies exploit government propaganda in order to pretend they have official status.
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To play this great big game of pretend you so skillfully set up.
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Ah well — I'm not a real adult and I don't pretend to be.
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He got to honk the horn and pretend to be driving a semi!
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I would really pretend to be somebody else as I was doing it.
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In other words, we pretend that we mostly agree, even when we don't.
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I will not pretend that Solve on its own is the silver bullet.
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Are you saying Trump could hire people to pretend to be Russian hackers?
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"We pretend that our national identity is a fixed, frozen thing," Richard said.
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Down payment on the rolls … That Ferrari that u pretend u got yourself.
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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump likes to pretend he's no fan of cable news.
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I am not cool, nor do I pretend to know what is cool.
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"We all pretend we're politically correct...racism, bigotry, it's there," he told Roberts.
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But we cannot pretend they exist in a vacuum exempt from political implications.
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"I still pretend like he's sleeping in the other room," Bolinski told WITI.
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Lego is the one toy adults pretend to outgrow, but never truly do.
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But they can also drink craft beer and pretend to be a sommelier.
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We're just going to pretend like we didn't see your top search results.
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Don't pretend to liberate them just so you can criticise their beliefs. 68.
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We wanted to close our eyes and pretend it's going to go away.
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Even more refreshingly, The Good Place doesn't pretend to have all the answers.
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From now on, you need to pretend there's a genie standing by you.
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Some men try to pretend that someone else messaged her from their phone.
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I won't pretend that there needs to be a MiniPRO in every home.
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For Nicole Kidman's little girls, their mom's job is just like playing pretend!
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Your self serving display of pretend empathy does not absolve you of responsibility.
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Don't ignore it, and don't hope or pretend it will magically come back.
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This was their chance to pretend to give a shit about climate change.
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I cannot pretend that I am a qualified nuclear physicist; I am not.
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"I don't pretend to be the only one who created Sam," he added.
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I didn't think of myself as a pretend vegetarian lying to my friends.
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They had to pretend to be Hank and make something he would make.
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I wanted to pretend it never happened and hopefully never see him again.
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You sit with your arms crossed and you pretend like you're not excited.
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For once in your life, at least pretend to know what empathy is.
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You guys pretend to be this edgy fucking company, but you know what?
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Do NOT pretend that it's not who you are, nobody is buying that.
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"We can't just pretend nothing is happening and ignore these problems," Giorgetti said.
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Issues should override identity, but we can't pretend that representative leadership doesn't matter.
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To take this fantasy even further, let's pretend that time-travel is possible.
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Don't pretend the real problem is you don't have the documents you need.
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To pretend otherwise is to willfully blind yourself to hundreds years of history.
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Now, I'm not going to pretend the life of a CCTO is easy.
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We glorify the hustle and pretend it's fun to work 18-hour days.
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You can even pretend you're Usain Bolt as you're flying around the track.
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Republicans can pretend they've been fooled by Trump's idiotic explanation and move on.
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Quick—pretend you were watching some "Ray Liotta" from across the gym. ♦
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"They can't pretend nothing happened," said Franco Pavoncello, a political analyst in Rome.
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In the intelligence business, you don't pretend you're a hundred per cent accurate.
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Viola Davis encourages her daughter to rock her natural hair when playing pretend.
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They've reacted by replacing pretend corners and playground time with "school readiness" tests.
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This strategy is a fairy tale we can't even pretend to believe in.
|
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And if you cry today, just pretend you got wet from the rain.
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Real wars don't work that way, although we like to pretend they do.
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It is useful for those in power to be able to pretend that
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I'm not gonna pretend that isn't part of it or part of me.
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Until the deal is done, everyone can pretend not to have decided anything.
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When it comes to Congress, I do not pretend to be an expert.
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However, you've just "got to pretend you've already lost your money," he says.
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Turner didn't pretend to know why crime in Rockford went up or down.
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First appease anti-Semitic white supremacists, then pretend it never happened #StarOfDavid pic.twitter.
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Why scold something that doesn't even pretend to be high or even middlebrow?
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But let's pretend the knowable is unknowable, and dissect this problem with physics.
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But let's not pretend that the answer he gave to Menendez makes sense.
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My 7-year-old daughter has pretend space launches in our living room.
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We can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend Trump isn't happening.
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There are no weak links in Cleveland who defenses will pretend are invisible.
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So we can pretend that legacy doesn't have an impact, but it did.
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She tries to convince him that they could pretend to be other people.
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You could polish it differently and pretend that was innovation instead of optimization.
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Let's pretend this is the song that leads to a Liam-Zayn collaboration.
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Maybe I'll try to pretend that's all that's ever existed of The Leftovers.
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And not just playing pretend, but stepping into this moment and claiming it.
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OK, let's role-play; pretend you're me, and I'll be a strapping lover.
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She tries to pretend that she's cautiously optimistic, but she seems downright giddy.
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We pretend to totally remember someone who claims we met at some party.
|
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Or you can go full funnyman and pretend you've never heard of it.
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I tend bar specifically so I don't have to pretend to like anything.
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She said she chose to pretend it never happened, partly out of embarrassment.
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So take a seat in the sharing circle and pretend that today, Oct.
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But Sanders should own that critique, not pretend that he never made it.
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"We're not solving that problem and we don't pretend to," said Mr. Staff.
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But to be a good Republican, you now have to pretend they are.
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No one with an appreciation for life would pretend to be so debilitated.
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You can't pretend to be good so hard that you actually become good.
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Second, you pretend you are deep state's victim even though you are master.
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No, I do think Google is more aggressive than they pretend to be.
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So: pretend you are in his position, but with your knowledge and insight.
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I will not pretend that he was not also responsible for causing harm.
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He is no longer bothering to pretend that governing involves a learning curve.
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They hide in a rural black community and pretend to be black themselves.
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In fact, he gives her tips on how to pretend to be lowborn!
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During the replay, the students were instructed to pretend to be the referees.
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Mr. Stephens courageously attacks fellow conservatives who pretend Mr. Trump's personality doesn't matter.
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HEARNE I would never try to pretend that I'm not a white man.
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Today, I'm gonna do my show for her and pretend to interview Cher.
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They abrogate their responsibility like the 2500-year-old they pretend to be.
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How many times do we pretend to one another with a Colgate smile?
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We deny the true nature of humanity and naïvely pretend everyone is nice.
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In order for this to succeed, we couldn't just pretend to be confident.
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What did you mean when you said "people love to pretend they're offended"?
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It would be dishonest and arrogant to even pretend we have such powers.
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This is not a time to optimize or stoically pretend nothing has changed.
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I wasn't his friend or even an acquaintance and I won't pretend otherwise.
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There were pretend naps — and versions of the popular dance move, the Floss.
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Nor can you pretend that everything is fine and no one will know.
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It lets Dowd pretend she didn't lead the conversation in the wrong direction.
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He's even got a great slogan: 'Pretend the last four years never happened.
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"I don't pretend to be speaking for everyone 70-plus," Patrick's text read.
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" He added: "It's a time we pretend we live in a different era.
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Timothy Egan Pretend you are that most improbable of combinations — a lovable billionaire.
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In some sections, I could pretend like I was back in the US.
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"We can't pretend this is something we have experienced before," Ms. Berejiklian said.
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If you pretend that's not the case, your career might take a hit.
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I won't pretend to have figured out all the answers in two days.
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This shit is for investment bankers who need to pretend they have personalities.
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It's tough to estimate the distance the glass moves, but let's just pretend.
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I think it's because I'm trying to pretend there is a coherent narrative.
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So once he's gone, we can't pretend that none of this ever happened.
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But the best thing to do with it is pretend it doesn't exist.
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Pretend you suddenly suffered a memory lapse or are confused about the facts.
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A: Um, I was embarrassed, I wanted to pretend like it didn't happen.
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Let's not pretend these documents are somehow the final piece of the jigsaw.
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We're going to ignore those criticisms and pretend they were about different beliefs.
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He does not pretend to offer a journey that every reader will appreciate.
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Passers-by were asked to pretend they had just found an unconscious person.
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He was a fraud, trying to pretend to be someone he was not.
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"I don't want to pretend we have everything figured out," Mr. Rich said.
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I pretend to be visiting relatives or taking a shift at the market.
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It was foolish to pretend he was calling on both husband and wife.
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We cannot pretend that government intervention hasn't already tightly penned in this market.
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Increasingly, the press doesn't even pretend to treat Trump like a normal candidate.
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It does not even pretend to create a true merit-based immigration policy.
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To pretend the past never happened is to keep us confined and immobile.
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She understood no English but was forced to quietly pretend she was listening.
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I won't pretend that I've never passed on false information in my life.
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Keiko can pretend to be in a relationship and so not be pitied.
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"Pretend" is a strong word, but we live in an age of delusion.
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We can pretend that numbers don't matter, as she suggests, but they do.
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I can't pretend that I didn't share this attitude once upon a time.
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Who will laugh rapaciously and pretend to be a pirate when you're gone?
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Why do we have to pretend to be helpless when we're not helpless?
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Why do we have to pretend not to be hungry when we're hungry?
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Opportunistic, misleading, and hypocritical attacks that pretend that she isn't need to stop.
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It's another thing to pretend that this is some sort of new chapter.
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Our mere presence meant that our representatives couldn't pretend we don't exist anymore.
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Trump doesn't have one, and his administration barely tries to pretend it does.
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I can't pretend to have kept up with her career much after Rainbow.
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We can't pretend it's not possible that this is also happening at Lyft.
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It's been less than 200 years since slavery ended and guess what— it's still too soon for fake auctions that pretend to sell human beings, and it will always be too soon for fake auctions that pretend to sell human beings.
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Certainly, the game isn't trying to pretend it's an oracle for what's to come.
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He also pretends to storm off at one point, and drops a pretend microphone.
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Let's pretend we're in 'Oryx and Crake' and on the run from the pigoons.
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They don't pretend to be anything other than doomed, but they carry on anyway.
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It's already too easy to skirt around these problems and pretend they aren't there.
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Seriously, pretend you've never heard of this company, and somebody shows you this video.
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I don't pretend to know the depths of what you are feeling right now.
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As someone who doesn't know anyone involved, you sure pretend to know a lot.
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But if you're unhappily unpartnered, a pretend lover doesn't make you any less lonely.
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It's sad but true, sometimes real physics isn't nearly as exciting as pretend physics.
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You have to be able to pretend that you can be a happy consumer.
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It also means it's easy for brands to pretend to be something they're not.
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Let's pretend that the US didn't recently pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
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I'm not going to pretend that every woman's experience is what I'm experiencing now.
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I&aposve got to pretend like it&aposs a rainy day and be inside.
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"I was trying to pretend like it never happened," she said with a laugh.
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Like any good millennial, I like to pretend that I prefer cooking to takeout.
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They're using these drugs, and everybody is just trying to pretend it's not happening.
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Look, I'm not going to pretend to be anything other than a bandwagoner here.
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"I can't pretend I'm broke and that weakens my position in negotiations," he said.
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But no matter how successful she is, Ilana can't pretend to be someone else.
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They broke up privately, but she agreed to pretend to be his girlfriend publicly.
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We try to pretend we aren't staring at the doorway, afraid we'll be caught.
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But I won't pretend I'm not curious to see where things go from here.
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Sadly, we don't get to keep them, but I can pretend for a day.
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After 9/11 we could no longer pretend that faith in god was harmless.
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"I hate films when I have to pretend to be pretty," Ms. Gainsbourg said.
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"Room service came and I had to pretend to be watching tennis," she tweeted.
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I'm not even going to pretend that I understand the world of online dating.
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"I like to pretend I'm dead," he told the late show host on Wednesday.
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I wanted to pretend that Valentine's Day didn't exist, but I didn't know how.
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"The industry will brush things under the rug and pretend nothing happened," he said.
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Don't pretend that you're making some innovation by treating someone as an independent contractor.
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Or just scoop some ice cream on top and pretend it it's your birthday.
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"Companies can't continue to pretend that the 'break then fix' approach works," Ozer said.
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WATTERS: Well, you don&apost have to bend over backwards -- pretend to be fair.
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Each woman's circumstances are different; we can't pretend to walk in anyone else's shoes.
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Do strangers give you death stares while friends just pretend they don't know you?
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Now maybe we can pretend that Aaron Sorkin's and Ashton Kutcher's versions never existed.
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She wasn't going to pretend to be something different or put on any airs.
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This way, you can pretend that it's 2002 and that Sidekicks are popular again.
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As women, it's a façade if we pretend we don't have a biological clock.
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And I have to pretend that everything is just fine — and it truly isn't.
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But she tells them she has to pretend to everybody else that she isn't.
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But they don't even need to pretend that they have all the answers, right?
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I pretend my dirty climbing and camping gear aren't lying by my front door.
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Ricardo Rossello to resign, it's been hard to pretend to conduct business as usual.
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"They have to pretend to be two different people," he said of his colleagues.
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I would just pretend that I was inside her life and in her kitchen.
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So my first ruse is a simple one: Pretend to be a flower deliveryman.
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So let's pretend you built an app with 100,000 users who visit every month.
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Bonus points: you get to see Hitler pretend a dog is biting his leg.
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We can't pretend to know what exactly is behind Bush's poor health this week.
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To pretend otherwise would be an insult, and set the film up to fail.
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But wouldn't enacting a marriage, even for pretend, induce a kind of déjà vu?
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I pretend like these aren't part of my comp since I can't expect them.
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I want to pretend that I did everything, but that's absolutely not the case.
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We find it more useful to not pretend we know what hasn't been revealed.
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They got all bent out of shape and tried to pretend it wasn't funny.
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Germany cannot pretend France is just another country, just another line on the spreadsheet.
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And I have big teeth, too, so you can't pretend not to see it.
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I dunno, I'll just pretend Google's working with the X-Men instead.[Re/code]
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WALTER ISAACSON: When you interact with them, can you pretend to be somebody else?
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It's too easy to pretend this is a distant disaster, one we won't experience.
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Try as I might, I could never pretend to be a professional ice skater.
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To pretend we can train an AI to spot the difference is incredibly naïve.
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Pence's strategy seemed to be to pretend nothing Kaine said about Trump was true.
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With red face and sweaty palms in tow, you pretend you haven't seen them.
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It is to deny responsibility for past national atrocities, or pretend they didn't happen.
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But let's not pretend this is an altogether altruistic move on the agency's part.
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Scammers usually pretend to be a reputable technology company like Microsoft, Apple or Dell.
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"You even hear that from riders who pretend they rule the peloton," he said.
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Yes, but they just pretend they don't have ... We'll anyway, I can go on.
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So if you try to pretend it's not happening, it's gonna be a disaster.
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They're also about men who pretend to be something they're not, which Petersen hates.
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Now I'm not going to pretend that watching fights is purely an enjoyable experience.
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Silence will follow as your mate, or mates, pretend they're sat thinking about it.
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Here's a fun clip of Berthiaume trying to pretend he's not miserable in Ottawa.
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But to her credit, she doesn't pretend otherwise on Inside Amy Schumer this year.
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Look, I can't pretend for symmetry's sake that it was particularly formative, or significant.
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Read it out loud and pretend that friend is telling you about this relationship.
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Pretend with me that one megabyte equals a square mile (this is fun, right?).
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"Sometimes that's the essence of a happy marriage, the ability to pretend," Ed says.
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"I don't pretend to agree with every plank in our party's platform," he said.
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I don't have my shit together, so why would I pretend like I am?
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It's not the day to hold back or pretend to be someone you're not.
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You're not a robot, even though you kind of like to pretend you are.
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So tough, fearless, cussing Alyssa can pretend she's not actually a powerless child inside.
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So many are made to feel as if they should hide, pretend or perish.
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I don't pretend that it has not affected me, because it's been a trauma.
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Like pretend a medicine ball is your baby and then document and publish it.
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Shut your eyes, pretend you are eating grain-fed wagyu steak and dig in.
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One pretend email, for example, purports to include a link to a Google doc.
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Matthew congratulates her for calling out Billy, and father and daughter pretend to box.
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Let's pretend Trump's ideas about blocking Planned Parenthood make their way into the budget.
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I'm not going to pretend there's nothing to that idea, because there absolutely is.
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To excel at this, they pretend to be a human family named the Solomons.
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But before we look at rainbow vaginas and pretend Picassos, let's exhume Zombie Formalism.
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And so I flatter myself, and pretend I am not that sort of person.
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I'm not going to pretend that it fixed my sexuality, but it seriously helped.
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"I always believed that I had to pretend to be happy," she tells Delevingne.
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"But I couldn't pretend to be at work for days on end," he said.
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Is he the racist xenophobic guy, or is he now this new pretend guy?
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In 290, I had to pretend the Senators were going to win the Cup.
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Could Jessica Chastain be the first guest star on Jennifer Garner's "Pretend Cooking Show"?
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Unlike almost every other president, Trump doesn't even pretend to serve the wider public.
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We simply cannot pretend a handshake deal protects our homeland from a rogue state.
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Whatever you do, don't ignore the virus and pretend like it's not a problem.
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Better yet, pretend you're on The Wire and rely on burners and pay phones.
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They pretend that the church has the "marble permanence" of a never-changing entity.
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For Formula One and Mercedes "to pretend it doesn't exist is immature," he wrote.
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Women like you love to get Groupon plastic surgery and pretend to be twenty.
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God dammit, you think I would pretend to write cookbooks if I didn't cook?
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This project will require actual, not pretend, restoration of the liberal order among nations.
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Two Brisbane men pretend to be professional golfers at the North Korean Golf Open.
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Pretend that extra money, such as a , birthday check or any windfall, doesn't exist.
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But usually they have the common decency to pretend they're about something else, too.
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It's glaringly obvious that you do so simply to pretend that you've accomplished something.
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Let's pretend you have just been picked to run a small island nation. Congratulations!
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If I pretend I'm busy with other work, it makes it just my problem.
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It moves confidently, that is, until it can no longer pretend to do so.
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Now they pretend to be shocked that those elements have taken over their parties.
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You pretend not to care about being popular, but we all know the truth!
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It's nice to pretend for 60 minutes that that's how it would play out.
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Now gimme that album so I can pretend my life is The Breakfast Club.
|
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There's some circ number that's kind of pretend, but no one's monitoring your performance.
|
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They want to pretend that a crime didn't take place, and they wouldn't ... Yeah.
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It's a big, complicated idea, and Mr. Robot doesn't pretend to have easy answers.
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"Trump doesn't even try to pretend he's a president for all Americans," Clinton writes.
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The duke and Claire pretend to not recognize one another, which is mutually beneficial.
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Maybe, maybe not—I'm not going to pretend to be an expert Bruce-ologist.
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I always like to pretend that I'm gonna do that, but never really do.
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She's not going to pretend to be something she's not for us regular people.
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She would pretend to be pregnant, wearing a suicide belt underneath a maternity dress.
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You know, people that actually get things done, not just pretend to in costume.
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Nor can we pretend that banning just one conversion technique will solve the problem.
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Transgender people will still exist, regardless of the administration's attempts to pretend they don't.
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Pour yourself a glass of wine and pretend you're sitting across from each other.
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But I'm not going to sit up here and pretend like it's a joke.
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You're usually better off acknowledging it rather than trying to pretend it never happened.
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You don't have to pretend to like this man, or approve of his conduct.
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Why would you pretend to have an illness that is not approved for compensation?
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"I have always liked to pretend my body isn't there," Susan Sontag once wrote.
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"I can't pretend that my last name didn't help sell this magazine," he says.
|
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This also allows people to pretend to be wealthier than they are, of course.
|
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"When They See Us" does not pretend to make up for that lost time.
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PRETEND TO BE YOUR DOCTOR One of the dumps even includes individual victims' doctors.
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Reeling, I do what I always do when I'm hurt: pretend I don't care.
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"I'm outraged that they pretend to buy me with tricky offers," Mr. Padrino said.
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Would I pretend to be neutral, they wanted to know, or even pro-life?
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We pretend we don't tell this lie, but our whole meritocracy points to it.
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I knew not to beat around the bush and pretend like everything was okay.
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And who do you need to apologize to with pretend word and Jewish holiday?
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We don't need to pretend to ourselves and others that we don't have needs.
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What other things in life are you going to pretend you'll absolutely never do?
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"I don't pretend to have the answers," he told The Financial Times in July.
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This isn't a bug in American policy, it's a feature we pretend doesn't exist.
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Pretend to be frightened by a balloon popping or a child squealing with glee.
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"Some Natives say those in Abiquiú are pretend Indians," said Mr. Tórrez, the genealogist.
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They would pretend it's not there, but it was, because they saw it differently.
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The choice of these seven does not pretend to be representative of contemporary Russians.
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So it was so important not to pretend that that's what it was about.
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You cannot pretend this is not happening here, now, and to people you know.
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He "doesn't even try to pretend he's a president for all Americans," she wrote.
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Occasionally, he'd accept tentatively, which would make her laugh and pretend to be upset.
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Pretend it's Maria Hill, Ex-Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Greg Rucka, and climb on.
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But the US Congress is a tiger that we pretend is made of paper.
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They are struggling to pretend they will fairly weigh her accusations against Brett Kavanaugh.
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She can't say what it is, but she can pretend to pluck the strings.
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He's clearly inspired by the Southwest, but he's not fool enough to pretend ownership.
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And look, I'm not going to pretend I know anything about the Iran deal.
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And it takes a whole lot of medicineFor me to pretend I'm somebody else.
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Later in her youth, Fowles would hold pretend funeral services with her stuffed animals.
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Some used car dealers pretend to be private sellers on Craigslist to avoid regulations.
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"This is a very energetic effort to pretend we're doing something significant," said Rep.
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Change the name, and pretend you meant it to be that way all along.
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I get sad when you go away, and so I pretend you're not gone.
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But it's not quite the American renaissance Trump likes to pretend he is overseeing.
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Some key Senate Republicans haven't even tried to pretend the outcome is in question.
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The Trump administration continues to pretend that the 2017 tax cuts were a success.
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"You won the Electoral College; don't pretend you have a mandate," Mr. Benenson said.
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But let's not pretend that mass media, just because it's older, is therefore perfect.
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Close your eyes and pretend you're on a yacht instead of the 6 train.
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He likes to pretend that he doesn't need me, but he needs me desperately.
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"We didn't want to just pretend that nothing had ever happened," Mr. Blum said.
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We can never as a society ignore it and pretend that it doesn't exist.
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While I never want to actually be her, boy do I love to pretend!
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A pretend bathtub for when your big kid wants to help with bath time
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I pretend that entry isn't there and move right on, that's what I do.
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In the Philippines, as elsewhere, our leaders pretend that they're like the common people.
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Because when you're courting someone, you're always willing to pretend you're something you're not.
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If they want the answer to be yes, they will pretend it is yes.
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People will pretend to be your friend, then gossip about you behind your back.
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Conspiracy theories aren't true just because President Trump and Ron DeSantis pretend they are.
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It is an Arduino compatible ATtiny85 system that can pretend to be USB devices.
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"You don't have to pretend you like her when it's just me," he said.
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President Trump, in his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, will probably pretend otherwise.
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So it's just really, really, really sad that somebody would pretend to be me.
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I'm not going to pretend like I don't have my own vision for immigration.
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Their bias is so flagrant they don&apost even pretend to hide it anymore.
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"As much as you want to pretend it doesn't matter, that's huge," Beckham said.
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"Don't try and pretend to be something that you're really not, right?" he added.
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It requires male priests to be celibate, or at least pretend to be celibate.
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Governments don't know how long this shutdown will last and shouldn't pretend they do.
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"They pretend to be strong in front of me," she said of her daughters.
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"I don't pretend to agree with every plank in our party's platform," Thiel added.
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"We can't pretend that this will solve all the problems at once," he said.
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When you cook the books you shouldn't pretend to be surprised by the results.
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It should never close itself off to change or pretend change can be reversed.
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I've been pretend-winning Grammys since I was a kid, like in my shower.
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Big oil can't deny climate change anymore or pretend it won't affect their business.
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Some might even pretend that the tragedy in Orlando doesn't impact them as individuals.
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A bunch of pretend rabbits were going to die… Because, why not, The Internet.
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They're just disguised as normal, well-to-do people, who pretend nothing is wrong.
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I'm not one of those people who pretend to have objectivity in my analysis.
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But the good thing about how we are on the podcast is, or what we talk about on the podcast, is we don't pretend to be journalists, we don't pretend to be nonpartisan... [laughs] I don't think anyone would … You're super partisan.
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You pretend maybe it doesn't have power over you, not yet, just as you might pretend you can really know what's going on behind your neighbor's closed door, or understand a darkness that might seep into a friend or loved one's soul.
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J.P. "Pretend the dying flowers growing towards us is not a big deal/Pretend me loving you is not a big deal": "blisters" is a song of intense aching and confusion by a pleasantly shocking new singer, Josiah Wise, who performs as serpentwithfeet.
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It's not very Italian as far as I'm aware, and to pretend otherwise feels disingenuous.
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Some Brexiteers still pretend there is a Plan B that would deliver a painless exit.
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It's not like you to pretend something isn't there, but even you have your fears.
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GE was not in nearly as good a shape as Mr Welch liked to pretend.
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The situation is worse in some cultures, and it does no good to pretend otherwise.
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We shouldn't be surprised at this point, but we also shouldn't pretend that it's normal.
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Ruscoe doesn't pretend to know how cost-effective Obamacare is and assumes it requires tweaking.
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"When your account says you have $100 in it, pretend it has zero," Mierzwinski said.
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But what good would a PokéBall be if couldn't at least pretend to throw it?
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We pretend like it's a version of The Highlander without swords, and it's simply not.
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Pretend that extra money, such as a bonus, birthday check or any windfall, doesn't exist.
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You can know it's coming, can pretend it's not a surprise, but it always is.
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Platforms are far from perfect and and far less open than they like to pretend.
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If you're not famous enough to get into a party, just pretend you're someone else.
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Now we're training artificially intelligent robots to pretend they're us and talk to other people?
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They pretend they have guns and mortars and say they will fire on each other.
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If I can pretend I'm someone else, that makes doing the dance so much easier.
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Look out, Jennifer Garner—there's a new actress getting into the "pretend cooking show" business.
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And now I can pretend that I'm a Netflix expert and recommend it to you.
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"When your account says you have $100 in it, pretend it has zero," said Mierzwinski.
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I, for one, truly cannot believe that there is sugar in this candy pretend-egg.
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Or just pretend you're in on the joke and laugh along with the eccentric billionaire.
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There's a fine line between inspiration and stealing, but Nioh doesn't pretend Souls doesn't exist.
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Pretend that extra money, such as a birthday check, bonus or any windfall, doesn't exist.
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Lesson 3: Pretend the video has a purpose other than showing off your bikini bod.
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But let's not pretend that her resignation actually has anything to do with an affair.
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"You can't address insecurity — or any feeling — if you pretend it doesn't exist," she says.
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But it is hard to pretend that there is no change in attitude towards China.
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Because they are still old media, no matter how hard they try to pretend otherwise.
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And if they pretend to not know about it, they're not telling you the truth.
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Maybe you can no longer pretend that the dining table makes a suitable home office.
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I lied to everyone, save a few teachers, and tried to pretend everything was fine.
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She begs for my help, and she wants me to pretend like nothing ever happened.
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Maybe pretend that Justin is taking one very long nap in the great, blue sky?
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We're not over here trying to pretend like everything is cool and cookies and rainbows.
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While there, they stumble upon an elaborate plot to pretend to land on the moon.
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