fake
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Gannon arrived in the U.A.E. capital Abu Dhabi on a commercial flight, sliding into a fake U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The source also claimed that China collected private U.S. user data from millions of TikTok accounts—including names and addresses—which could be used to create fake driver’s licenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The court heard one man approached Davies believing he was in a genuine relationship with her, after exchanging months of messages with one of Weston's fake accounts.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
It’s well to remember that in the early days of synthesizing instruments, violins with perfect vibrato sounded especially fake, until tiny errors generated by chance were added to the sine waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
He had a fake name, no legal training, and his key piece of evidence was a list of twenty-seven different sandwiches.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Caligiuri faked right then cut left, the beaten defender sticking his right leg out wildly in protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
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
This system has invited fraud with injuries faked or exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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
It could be old clips, it could be faked.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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The easy definition of flopping or diving is faking an injury to get favorable treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Prosecutors have accused Soofer of faking invoices for fresh meals while clients were left to eat breakfast bars, canned beans and ramen noodles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
There is nothing a referee can do about it, as they cannot accuse a player of faking an injury.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
In Louisiana, federal authorities in July announced the indictment of top local law enforcement officers and a businessman for allegedly faking reports of armed robberies to help foreign nationals secure U visas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Yeah, I guess,” I said, faking a smile, wanting him to scoot along, stop talking.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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