as in fooling
to cause to believe what is untrue
I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan
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Verb
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Stop fooling yourself and listen.—
Richard B. Williams,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025 -
And tech companies must do far more in the design of AI systems to prevent people fooling themselves into thinking these systems are conscious beings.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The perfectly still water creates a flawless mirror image of the stalactites above, tricking your eyes into seeing a vast, bottomless lake.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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What does work is tricking her into pressing a button that knocks her out.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Snookering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snookering. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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