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were pretended
verb
To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
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Exact(1)
Compounds were pretended to act as dual agents against diabetes and oxidative stress, two correlated pathologies involved in metabolic syndrome development and progression.
Similar(59)
"We were pretending to be Sunni mujahideen.
Some were pretending to be demonstrators themselves.
"I thought you were pretending to be asleep".
His captors soon were pretending to be Mr. Schrier online.
The police, he thought, were pretending to be nice.
Nothing here is pretended.
Translocation, ileus or endotoxine transmission and their complications are pretended.
Gather how truth can be pretended to.
It is pretending otherwise.
"They thought he was pretending.
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