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Portraying women on screen is particularly difficult, Zabtia said, although he insisted it was "impossible to make a film without women when it comes to telling a story."

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Portraying one of the workers at Wonka's factory, he is seen responding: "I will have you know that I am a perfectly respectful size for an Oompa-Loompa."

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Portraying so much anger actually helped Yeun to choose to take a more Zen-like outlook.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

Portraying the PUC plan as an all-or-nothing choice won’t get the state any closer to a resolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Portraying, as well as I could, by my countenance, attitude, and manner an individual high in authority, and commanding others, as if he expected to be obeyed.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick