as in tricking
to cause to believe what is untrue
everyone thinks that they are too smart to be juggled by con artists
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Recent Examples of juggling
Ella is named the new governor of her home state, juggling a stressful job and chaotic personal life alongside her helpful aunt (Jamie Lee Curtis) and womanizing dad (Woody Harrelson).
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Looking to his reputation as a hard-working and brilliant designer, Anderson surely has the ability to blend in with the Dior DNA, juggling its strong heritage and codes, and placing the house in good stead for a revival.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Some are juggling the demands of jobs and parenthood.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Putting on the Halloween show together every year proves challenging for the team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, who are often planning for the special while juggling their regular workloads.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Over time, her experience juggling odd jobs has primed her with skills for financial emergencies like the one her family is facing this month.
—Bonny Chu , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
There are people juggling fire.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Stop juggling storage headaches and move everything to a cloud storage plan like FileJump.
—PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2025
The older kids are having a hard time juggling their father’s absence with the challenges of adolescence, Latavia said.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Looking to his reputation as a hard-working and brilliant designer, Anderson surely has the ability to blend in with the Dior DNA, juggling its strong heritage and codes, and placing the house in good stead for a revival.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Some are juggling the demands of jobs and parenthood.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Putting on the Halloween show together every year proves challenging for the team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, who are often planning for the special while juggling their regular workloads.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Over time, her experience juggling odd jobs has primed her with skills for financial emergencies like the one her family is facing this month.
—Bonny Chu , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
There are people juggling fire.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Stop juggling storage headaches and move everything to a cloud storage plan like FileJump.
—PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2025
The older kids are having a hard time juggling their father’s absence with the challenges of adolescence, Latavia said.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggling
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Ukraine orchestrated a fake hit on one of Russia's enemies who has fought alongside Ukrainian forces, tricking the Kremlin into paying out a $500,000 bounty Kyiv used to fund its war effort.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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To pull off his human heist, Mendez must develop and try to sell a Star Wars-esque sci-fi film, in the hopes of tricking the Iranians into believing the American hostages are part of a Canadian film crew.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Anyone who predicted this Titans team to win more than four or five games was fooling themselves, and even those predictions are coming off over-optimistic.—
Nick Suss,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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Either Michigan is fooling everyone in college football, or the Wolverines are fooling themselves.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Relying Too Much On Garbage Disposals Though the name may be deceiving, garbage disposals aren’t actually designed to dispose of all garbage.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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That level of eye-deceiving detail falters in wide shots, however, some of which suffer from unflattering flat lighting that in certain instances recall computer screensavers of yore, given their colorful artificiality.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Juggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggling. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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