One simply cannot pretend to make a case for American exceptionalism as we see ourselves looking more like developing nations in the world rather than the nations who are leading the world into a new future.

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You might think that to pretend to be simply of average intelligence when you are twelve years old like me and have the level of a senior in college is easy.

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Marsh, he says, solicited false quotes from insurers in order to pretend that the bid process had been competitive, while simply channelling business to insurers that promised it the biggest commissions.

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"Catfish" is no longer simply a river dweller, but rather a verb defined as "to pretend to be someone you're not online by posting false information, such as someone else's pictures, on social media sites usually with the intention of getting someone to fall in love with you, " according to the MTV show of the same name.

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