as if

Bompastor stood arms folded, watching on as the players warmed up, acting as if they had no indication what was happening elsewhere.

The president promised that new duties on imports would bring companies' manufacturing processes "into the USA in record numbers," as if mothballed factories and new facilities can be built quickly and cheaply.

At times it's as if the golf is more important, and that is not true at all.

And while life soldiers on in the community, with people tending to gardens outside their still-standing homes while others filter through debris, it’s as if the entire community has gone into quiet mourning.

In a statement on X, the band said that "an extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action".