as in deceiving
to cause to believe what is untrue
the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringing along
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But looks can be deceiving and this Aunt Gladys has some sinister motives.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Topline The Federal Trade Commission and seven states filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation on Thursday, accusing the ticket sellers of deceiving artists and consumers by allowing consumers to buy large numbers of tickets and resell them for much higher prices.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Regulators argue Amazon broke competition and consumer protection laws by tricking customers into subscribing to Prime.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Netflix After Jake betrays Vince by tricking him into revealing his whereabouts to Mancuso and his lackey Babbitt (Chris Coy) to protect Vince's daughter Gen (Odessa Young) and get her to safety, Jake rushes to help Vince once again escape a vengeful Mancuso's clutches.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Instead of fooling millions of people individually, attackers need only to compromise one AI model to reach millions at once.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Julia thinks so too, and presses in, sucking in a breath when Ellen mentions Fairy Hill and how people dance into the nights and wake up a hundred years later.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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What effect is this having on the WNBA?—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That’s part of taking in all the information.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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There’s also a paved trail for taking in views or birding.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pat Kelsey wasn't kidding about wanting the smoke.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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In 2019, Lebanese depositors discovered that their banking system had, in effect, just been kidding about those savings accounts.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Stringing along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringing%20along. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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