bamboozle
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As they learned, the Courbet affair was hardly the first time this handsome outsider was able to allegedly bamboozle savvy art buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
The ex-wife of Prince Andrew told executives from the soap that she would have to "bamboozle" them to "allow me to do a cameo".
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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