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pretenses

pretenses
مَزَاعِم

pretense N

pretense

with pretense

as a pretense VB

under the pretense that

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The bill includes a prohibition against recording image or sound from an agricultural operation without consent and obtaining access to that operation under false pretenses.
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This led to later suggestions that participants were convinced to attend under false pretenses.
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At 16 years of age he ran away to sea, and thereafter he began a long career of crime, largely thieving and obtaining money under false pretenses.
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His quip that he was there under false pretenses was greeted by much laughter.
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It's in how honest expressions of discomfort by women are met with hostility and invalidation by men on legalistic pretenses.
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They felt they had paid protection money under false pretenses.
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Priming involves the exposure of a person to information under false pretenses.
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Critics praised its humor and his ability to observe the false pretenses of bourgeois society.
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You want ironically distasteful rock and roll pretenses?
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