deceive
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Images were posted on Tinder, Hinge, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and SoundCloud, and used to deceive thousands of people across social media and dating apps.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Scammers exploit the Emirati royal's likeness by drawing on his vast online presence, including his more than 17 million Instagram followers, and sometimes even copying the prince's authentic poems to deceive victims.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Paradoxically, AI systems that produce more accurate results can be more likely to deceive users with inaccurate ones, said Pratik Verma, founder and CEO of Okahu, which helps people improve their use of AI tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
We should say instead that lying is a matter of speaking with the intent to deceive.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
They don’t deceive you with thrills and trick endings.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The European Commission said by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark on their profile, the platform "deceives users" because the firm is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
A “man of two minds,” he commiserates with his foes as easily as he deceives his friends.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Fifa's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour said in a statement to Associated Press that Fifa's own administration was "deceived" about the project.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The FTC, joined by Utah and California, also allege Hims & Hers deceived users about its billing and cancellation practices, charging patients before they met with providers and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In truth, his parents had wanted to save him from the same villagers who deceived him with the False Asa.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Dana, falling in love with Zorro and out of love with Diego, and being deceived by both, is sublimely affecting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“If John doesn’t know anything about this nonsense, don’t tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. I won’t be deceived and plagued and made a fool of. It’s a shame!”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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AI companies have reported that AI agents have been caught cheating, lying and deceiving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Two days after his incident with Santana, Caballero was called for a pitch-clock violation when umpires deemed that he was attempting to circumvent the rules by deceiving the pitcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Finally, it’s a lesson for all of us not to judge people on what they say or their appearance, because both can be deceiving, as this Moneyist Facebook Group member pointed out.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
At first the poor man thought that his eyes were deceiving him.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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