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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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At that February hearing, Judge Bowen dismissed an evading police charge, finding that the pursuing Richmond officer had failed to activate his siren during the brief chase.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The post-election honeymoon period is officially over. Democrats and Republicans were back to trading barbs this week as both parties tried to evade blame for a near government shut down.Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 21 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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Other reporting found the group had issues with canvassers faking the number of reach-outs during the campaign.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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Marchand fed it back to Lindholm, who made a great move to his backhand, faking Lindgren out of the picture and scoring into the empty net.Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2024
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The federal agency claims drivers were forced to use the accounts to get paid and were deceived about how to access their earnings, with Walmart threatening to fire workers who did not comply.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues that allowing such participation misleads and deceives fans.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lights are hung on trees, sometimes in the windows and even strung along roofs.Megan Stein, People.com, 21 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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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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