Sometimes she sent me over to check up on him under the pretense of bringing him medicine.

NEWYORKER: The Pura Principle

Government intervention misdirects resources from wealth generating endeavors into crony capitalism, consumption and graft under the pretense of stimuli.

FORBES: Joseph Stiglitz Reminds Us That Nobel Prizes Are Highly Misleading

Now of course, under the pretense of fiscal responsibility, President Obama wants to do the most fiscally irresponsible thing imaginable, eliminate the ceiling entirely.

FORBES: Real Fiscal Cliff Crash When Interest Rates Rise

Under the pretense of proposing a business deal, the gang invited Griga and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton, to dinner with the intent to kidnap them.

NPR: Survivors Angry Over 'Pain & Gain' Depiction

Such half-truths are a pernicious way of lying because the whole truth is being hidden under a pretense of honesty.

FORBES: President Obama's Three-Front War On Energy

The disparities between individual contributions and available corporate dollars mock any pretense of equal justice under the law.

WSJ: Ralph Nader and Robert Weissman: The Case Against Corporate Speech

Levy wrote a lengthy article in the New York Times about how Russian security services arrested members of an environmental group under the pretense that they were using pirated Microsoft software.

FORBES: Shamed Twice, Microsoft Takes Action To Protect Dissidents

Reeling under Taliban attacks, the rebels of Andar have abandoned the pretense of being an independent, spontaneous movement.

WSJ: Once-Touted Afghan Force Falls on Hard Times