deceiving
Example Sentences
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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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