phonied

past tense of phony
as in forged
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses

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  • But instruments onboard the spacecraft weren't designed to distinguish between molecules forged in the moon's presumably deep ocean and those cooked up in the icy shell.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Laguna Conference on Wednesday, Vena pointed to new partnerships between other major North American railroads that have been forged in the wake of the UP-NS mega-merger as an indicator that competition is firmly heating up.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The identification could be faked.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kahuku was on the 7-yard line when Mariteragi rolled out and faked a handoff before throwing the ball back against the grain to wide open tight end Rhino Aumua for the touchdown with 32 seconds left, cutting the lead to 8-7.
    Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Zambia also invented the walking safari.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Phonied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonied. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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