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
Instead of juggling a tangled mess of chargers in your travel bag, this one streamlined charging cable powers multiple devices at once.
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Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
Hathaway’s Catwoman is one of her best takes on feminine rage, juggling a sense of righteousness and nihilism that might clang unconvincingly in the hands of a different performer.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
That may make juggling other projects and a gaming session at the same time easier to handle.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
That means following meal prep tutorials, checking timers, reviewing shopping lists, or confirming the family meal plan without juggling a phone on the counter.
—William Jones, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
In February, her lawyer said the misconduct was unintentional and that Ajayi was juggling two full-time jobs, as a county employee and as a candidate.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
The technocratic government in Beirut, which came to power in 2025, is juggling dual pressure campaigns -- sustained Israeli attacks and seizure of Lebanese territory on one hand and the internal threat of Hezbollah and its Iranian backers on the other.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
His original boss, national security adviser Mike Waltz, was booted to the United Nations after the Signalgate scandal, leaving the role to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was already juggling portfolios and is busier now with Iran.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2026
While juggling school with the early days of content creation, her brother was her big source of inspiration.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
Hathaway’s Catwoman is one of her best takes on feminine rage, juggling a sense of righteousness and nihilism that might clang unconvincingly in the hands of a different performer.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
That may make juggling other projects and a gaming session at the same time easier to handle.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
That means following meal prep tutorials, checking timers, reviewing shopping lists, or confirming the family meal plan without juggling a phone on the counter.
—William Jones, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
In February, her lawyer said the misconduct was unintentional and that Ajayi was juggling two full-time jobs, as a county employee and as a candidate.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
The technocratic government in Beirut, which came to power in 2025, is juggling dual pressure campaigns -- sustained Israeli attacks and seizure of Lebanese territory on one hand and the internal threat of Hezbollah and its Iranian backers on the other.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
His original boss, national security adviser Mike Waltz, was booted to the United Nations after the Signalgate scandal, leaving the role to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was already juggling portfolios and is busier now with Iran.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2026
While juggling school with the early days of content creation, her brother was her big source of inspiration.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggling
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Instead of acting independently, the forces influence one another to amplify the ion’s motion, thereby tricking the system into generating a much stronger, more complex interaction than either force could achieve alone.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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Deed theft is when a scammer steals someone's home, often by forging documents or tricking someone into signing over a deed.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But anyone in the auto industry who didn’t feel like something was going to happen in China five years ago was fooling themselves.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Politicians are fooling themselves about the political power of health-conscious moms.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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Her The Wife nods and supports, all knowingly without deceiving the emotional truths of the narrative.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Swalwell apparently did an excellent job deceiving those around him, including some congressional and campaign staffers who’d known him for years and worked closely with the seven-term lawmaker, day in, day out.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Juggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggling. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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