as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
you're having me on, aren't you, mate?
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Breaches and leaks To help prevent your data from ending up in a breach or leak:
Limit what data companies have on you in the first place.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025
The analysis looks at the percentage of student loan borrowers at risk of default and the impact that has on their credit scores.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 May 2025
Another reason to like Hartenstein to pile up the boards tonight is the success the Clippers' Ivica Zubac had on this front in the first-round series between the Clippers and Nuggets.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Heartfelt origin stories Several presenters honored the impact O'Brien's comedy had on them growing up.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 4 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025
The analysis looks at the percentage of student loan borrowers at risk of default and the impact that has on their credit scores.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 May 2025
Another reason to like Hartenstein to pile up the boards tonight is the success the Clippers' Ivica Zubac had on this front in the first-round series between the Clippers and Nuggets.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Heartfelt origin stories Several presenters honored the impact O'Brien's comedy had on them growing up.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 4 May 2025
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The latest attacks follow recent patterns, mimicking Google’s own support to trick users into giving up credentials.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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That hasn’t stopped Liverpool using him to distract and deceive opponents when free kicks are won, however.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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She was also found guilty of deceiving other officials about the man's identity.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Don’t let the name fool you: Apple TV+’s new science-fiction series Murderbot isn’t actually about a rampaging robot killing everything in sight, though Alexander Skarsgard’s SecUnit certainly ponders the idea from time to time.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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One common jailbreak involved fooling ChatGPT by asking it to role-play as a different AI—one that had no rules and was allowed to write phishing e-mails.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
7 May 2025
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Rice, whose career at Dartmouth was limited to 30 games due to the pandemic, was taken in the 12th round in 2021.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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Late on Thursday, Dolton Village Trustee Stanley Brown took in the church’s facade from beneath his black cap.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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