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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hornswoggle
Verb
  • Notably, 40 percent acknowledged faking activity to deceive monitoring systems, suggesting a struggle to maintain consistent performance outside traditional office settings.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
  • So there’s an interesting, dark comedy element to people that are deceiving themselves.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • That was the crux of the latest Gmail attack, tricking users into sharing codes.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • But in its most simple explanation, the Chiefs trick people.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Even though baby clothes and newborn diapers feel too tiny to wreak havoc, don’t be fooled!
    Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2025
  • Perhaps that’s what fans were griping about last year — that Burns didn’t have it anymore and Slavin was papering over all those issues, enough to fool this model.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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“Hornswoggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hornswoggle. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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