Claiming
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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How to Be a Superhero has an example of a swamp monster attempting to maintain a Secret Identity and trying to explain away the smell by claiming to have had 'an accident' in his pants.
Source: Embarrassing Cover Up - Despite claiming that they want to integrate with human society, they still maintain their own parallel system of government, with Queens and Sheriffs empowered to deal out punishment.
Source: Broken Aesop / Live-Action TV - Sam and Andy take bathroom breaks together to keep watch for each other and maintain their disguises, claiming that relieving yourself in public insults Chinese and African ancestors.
Source: Literature / Under A Painted Sky
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