For PE recruiting (on-cycle) do you include projects you're currently working on (anonymized)?

I'm on 3 live deals right now but none of them have closed yet (joined at the beginning) - I've done significant work on them (teams are lean at my shop so just me + VP + seniors) and would love to be able to talk to it for recruiting.

Do you guys typically put them on or leave off? If so, how do you write them? "Potential $x acquisition/sale of a (industry) business"?

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