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playacted

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past tense of playact

as in posed

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Reservoirs in the country were 28% short of full capacity at the end of September and posed a risk to winter crops, according to a report by Nomura on Monday.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The actors walked the red carpet and posed for photos, including a few with Beard and his father.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of posed

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Surely it's made out of foam or wood, painted to look like a real axe?

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
The agent’s story peters out at the end; Simon photographs a quilt made out of T-shirts from his many law-enforcement jobs which his girlfriend commissioned for him from Etsy.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

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How hair supplements work The oral-versus-topical distinction matters more than most marketing lets on.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
As for 5-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who was demoted last week, there seems to be more to the situation than Deion is intentionally letting on.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Recently, the sector has been affected by El Nino, which brings weak monsoons and dry weather, reducing yields and sucrose recovery.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Large-scale warming from El Nino and a large marine heat wave off the California coast, amplified by climate change, have also affected coastal conditions and marine life since last year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of affected

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Those emotions certainly were appropriate following Miami’s closer-than-expected 15-10 loss in Minnesota on Sunday, a game in which the defense played valiantly and Ollie Gordon reached the 100-yard mark.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
The reporting on such matters is well-established, in the stories of Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horwitz (played here by Jeremy Allen White) and many others.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of played

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According to court documents, between February 2024 and April 2025, Liu and other co-conspirators impersonated government officials to scam victims.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
The agents also allegedly impersonated a moderator on the wiki, using an identical Cyrillic е character in the admin's username instead of the Latin one.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

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