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feinted

verb

past tense of feint

as in bluffed

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Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
On the second interception, Simmons said Delaware bluffed as if an all-out blitz was coming before falling back into coverage and making the pick.

— Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

Definition of bluffed

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The other, an 18-year-old man, allegedly feigned a role as the first man’s financial adviser.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026
Unafraid of sinking as low as possible at the welfare office, Dennis pretended to be recovering from a crack problem while Dee feigned intellectual disability, but the caseworker wasn’t buying it.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

Definition of feigned

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At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Everything, El Mamlouh said, had been disguised as commercial equipment to evade detection.

— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of disguised

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Thanks to its neutral flavour, it can be even further camouflaged into sweet dishes, like 2-ingredient chocolate mousse or my new Blueberry Protein Pancakes.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Then, in April, a whale was found dead and beached in Oregon, the arc of its carcass camouflaged against the surf.

— Ainslie Cruickshank, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of camouflaged

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The employees concealed the actions using third-party vendors and false invoices.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The machines were designed to detect non-metallic weapons, explosives and other threats concealed under layers of clothing that might evade traditional metal detectors.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of concealed

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Because the chase plane that accompanies the X-59 causes sonic booms of its own, any noise the X-59 has made (or not made) has so far been masked.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The band worked up the new version while masked around a studio coffee table, and Buller sang a scratch vocal in the band’s best guess at Parton’s key.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

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