faking out

present participle of fake out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of faking out Among the highlights was Dart taking off in the first quarter, faking out several Eagles defenders, and running to the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a touchdown. Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faking out
Verb
  • In the decades that followed, Freeman, who died in 2025, assembled a vast array of literary fakes, collecting books whose content is deceiving in nature.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Two culinary pros gave us the real scoop about how certain vanilla bean ice creams have been deceiving us all these years.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Concerns erupted immediately after Sora videos were created last week featuring everything from James Bond playing poker with Altman to body cam footage of cartoon character Mario evading the police.
    Jaures Yip, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How to protect yourself from AI phishing scams AI phishing scams rely on tricking people into trusting what looks and sounds real.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Wire fraud in real estate involves scammers tricking buyers or sellers into sending money to fraudulent accounts.
    Collyn Wainwright, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Only, Brown isn’t fooling himself.
    Janis Carr, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of fooling millions of people individually, attackers need only to compromise one AI model to reach millions at once.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Julia thinks so too, and presses in, sucking in a breath when Ellen mentions Fairy Hill and how people dance into the nights and wake up a hundred years later.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The choice was made to tell a story about Shaka’s rise to leader of the Zulu Kingdom and his eventual assassination, taking in the figures who would define his reign.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • One photo shows Champion taking in a large light projection at teamLab Phenomena, a modern art museum, and another shows Schwarzenegger looking at a Cy Twombly painting series at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What effect is this having on the WNBA?
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Just before Thursday’s taping Pence and Emanual met outside the greenroom, and each greeted each other warmly, quickly asking each other questions about their kids before anything else, while kidding with each other about a long unpaid bet.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Okay, kidding about that last part.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Faking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faking%20out. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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