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BAB EL-MANDEB, Yemen — To visit Bab el-Mandeb is to understand that old adage about looks being deceiving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Maybe it’s deceiving the people testing it, maybe it’s refusing to be shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

“You’re not a deceiving imp? You brought no one with you?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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