hoodwinks

present tense third-person singular of hoodwink

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tricks
Verb
  • The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Although they are born fairly helpless, infants have a few survival tricks up their swaddles.
    Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Hoodwinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoodwinks. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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