as in forging
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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As American wine continues to evolve, the story is less about competing with Europe than about forging a distinctly American identity.
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The new operation strengthens critical capacities within ATI’s forging flow path, helping customers address persistent aerospace supply chain constraints.
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Several arrests were related to counterfeiting and selling knock-off Knicks apparel, an NYPD source said.
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There have been a lot of studies on counterfeiting conducted with customs and police, but these have mostly focused on the scale of the problem.
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And there’s no evidence, no evidence, zero evidence in this country, that there is a problem at scale with people faking their identification in elections.
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Barry will meet the likes of a woman whose husband was accused of faking cancer, with the allegations continuing after his death, and Sophie Dickson, whose daughter Princess Dickson took her own life earlier this year.
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This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.
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My research focused on simulating how special light waves interact in liquid crystals and using simple equations to approximate and understand those interactions.
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“Phonying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonying. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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