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my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
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Torre faked out left back Josh Wildon-Esbrand and rocketed his shot into the back of the net to give the Spanish side the lead heading into halftime.
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Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
The discography deep-dive portion of the set list kicked off with something of a fake out.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty.
—Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
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Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
The discography deep-dive portion of the set list kicked off with something of a fake out.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
The move pretty much faked out the forecasters and had the National Weather Service scrambling to draft a new cone of uncertainty.
—Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
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“Fake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fake%20out. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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