faked
Example Sentences
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But his ongoing suspicion around a sex offender, who faked being severely disabled, eventually saw him unravel a conspiracy that even he had never encountered before.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Job seekers also deal with the shame of being faked out, especially if they turned over money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The falsehoods -- circulating across tech platforms including X, TikTok and Facebook -- have also added fresh fuel to a longstanding conspiracy theory that NASA's 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was faked.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Whenever someone likes to claim that the moon landing was faked — a fairly tedious conversation, even as conspiracy theories go — my general response is to ask, “OK, which one?”
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Regardless of whether the data were faked, Lott’s admittedly intriguing hypothesis doesn’t seem to be true.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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