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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

Bai would later be expelled from the surrogacy industry’s ethics group for her role in assisting a U.S. couple accused of deceiving surrogates into carrying more than 20 children for them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The headline number is probably going to be deceiving, however.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

He had blamed his conviction on a girl deceiving him with fake ID, she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“But I don’t know what else we can do, except keep on deceiving ourselves. And perhaps by that time we’ll be home.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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