as in to trick
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 string along
The two most dramatic peaks at Brainard Lake are Mount Toll and Mount Audubon, part of a stunning cluster of mountains strung along the Continental Divide that is visible from Boulder and much of northern Colorado.
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John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2024
Losing with an intention is a much better option than being strung along season after season with no hope for a long, fun playoff run in sight.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Published in March 2023, the coverage exposed the negligence of real estate developer Doug Cox, who strung along buyers who paid down payments for 4,000-square-foot townhouses in Coconut Grove in 2018.
—Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Then there’s the transmission system — those big high towers with lots of cables strung along them.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
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John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2024
Losing with an intention is a much better option than being strung along season after season with no hope for a long, fun playoff run in sight.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Published in March 2023, the coverage exposed the negligence of real estate developer Doug Cox, who strung along buyers who paid down payments for 4,000-square-foot townhouses in Coconut Grove in 2018.
—Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Then there’s the transmission system — those big high towers with lots of cables strung along them.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
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This is critical, as 2G networks are far less secure than 3G and especially LTE and 5G. Simple network attack devices, which trick phones into jumping from real networks to local, fraudulent ones, try to make a 2G connection with lower encryption levels.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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To trick the German forces into believing that a much larger American force was stationed in various locations, diverting attention away from the real operations and damaging enemy morale.Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 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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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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Listen to this article The U.S. Federal Trade Commission began sending payments to players of Fortnite who were deceived into making unwanted in-game purchases.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 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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“String along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string%20along. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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