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The real Garlinghouse reported this to Instagram, which took a look ... and then 72 hours later, informed him that after investigating the company had determined that he was not actually being personated.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2020

Dr. Trefusis personated a violinist, sawing upon the air.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

How completely he personated the characters that he assumed I can testify from comparison with what may be called his originals, the actual Hotspurs and Hamlets, the soldiers and princes, of the real world.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various

She personated Valeria, the daughter of Maximin, tyrant of Rome.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

The burgomaster's eyes rested with a look of compassion upon the Christ of Dor� and the Christ personated by Freyer, as it hovered before his memory--and Freyer bore the test.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von