1
as in tricked
to cause to believe what is untrue
my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
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as in evaded
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
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After being tricked by Scarpia, Cavaradossi is hanged for treason.—
Courtney Lewis,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Ever since the first caveman tricked his neighbor into trading a pile of rocks for some tasty mastodon steaks, con men have been persuading others to act against their own interests.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Twin direct hits in southern Israel over the weekend injured at least 180 people, while an additional series of direct strikes — missiles that evaded interceptors — in central Tel Aviv earlier this week injured fewer than 10, according to health officials.—
Rebecca Shabad,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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Investigators believe Nunez evaded law enforcement by obtaining false identification documents and fleeing the country.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Klipsch Austin Portable Bluetooth Speaker Deal Don't be deceived by the small Klipsch Austin portable speaker.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Svetlana Petriychuk wrote the play Finist, the Brave Falcon, based on real events, about Russian women deceived into marrying ISIS fighters and traveling to Syria.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Cale Makar faked a slap shot from the top of the zone, then slipped a pass to Nelson in the slot.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Along with making the sequel, a documentary crew will be filming the entire behind-the-scenes process and the relationship between Cynthie and her co-star Jack Turner-Jones, who are actually rivals but also faked a romance during the press trail of the first movie thirteen years ago.—
Haruka Iwasaki,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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He's seen every episode, don't be fooled.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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He’s seen every episode, don’t be fooled.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2026
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The easy availability means that people who otherwise might not have been tempted have gotten sucked in.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The quagmire has sucked in hundreds of thousands of service members on both sides.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Above them, flags from Latin American countries are strung along the ceiling.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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The new version will ultimately feature twice as many lights, with half of them strung along the interior sides of the cables facing Oakland.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Faked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faked%20out. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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