bluffing
Example Sentences
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Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
As it turned out, the bluffing may have been unnecessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Mehdi, a 58-year-old salesman believes the opposite, saying that "the Americans are bluffing" and that "the negotiations will be 100% successful".
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
"We aren't bluffing or joking - we don't have a purpose media wise we are only for money and money only and one of our main managers wanted me to reach out to you."
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
Perhaps, as some historians have argued, South Carolina and Georgia were bluffing.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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