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as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday
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as in to evade
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender
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Recent Examples of fake out
Along the way, there’s illegitimate children, fake out deaths, and just about every soap opera cliché imaginable wrapped in gloriously stupid fun.
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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
Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
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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
Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
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But scammers are looking for their piece of the pie, tricking consumers into fraudulent purchases or gaining access to their funds.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Scammers are getting better at tricking email users, that much is as clear as the Apple logo and typography in Polderman’s video.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The sanctions target around 50 ships described as aging and often decrepit that are reportedly operating illegally to evade restrictions.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is finding new ways to evade questions regarding those James Bond casting rumors.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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That rough rollout inspired immediate push-back and criticism from activists, some of which attached traffic cones to the hoods of cars to fool Cruise sensors and immobilize them.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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Don't be fooled into thinking a nice hotel is less likely to have bedbugs.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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That year, the Allstate Insurance Co. sued Nassiri in federal court, accusing him of running a fraudulent scheme to fake medical records and bill the company for unnecessary tests and treatments provided to more than 150 people who’d been involved in car accidents.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The case has raised questions about the motivations and consequences of faking one's death, as well as the financial and emotional toll such incidents can place on law enforcement and loved ones.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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File-sharing phishing attacks, are an email threat in which a cybercriminal legitimate file-hosting or e-signature solutions to deceive the victim.Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This content, much of it clearly generated by AI rather than intended to deceive—a medium of crude self-expression, not sophisticated subterfuge—may have been the technology’s biggest impact on the 2024 presidential election.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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And in the weeks since, events across the U.S and even in Europe have popped up and had at least one interesting tidbit to keep people strung along.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Other times, a team might be strung along by a player with little interest, but who needs a plausible threat to spark a bidding war for their preferred destination.Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine since 2022 has sucked in manpower and resources.Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Some are translucent spheres that are eerily silent, seemingly sucking in all the noise around them, ready to engulf all who would wander near them, like a black hole.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Fake out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fake%20out. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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