faking
Example Sentences
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The individuals allegedly "conspired to sell billions of dollars'" worth of technology to buyers in China by faking documents and using dummy equipment to slip past audits, according to the DOJ.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Faking illness when faking death didn’t seem to work.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026
“It was a matter of me riding confidently and kind of faking it till I made it,” Schaffrick said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
The case bears a resemblance to the one of anti-Kremlin reporter Arkady Babchenko, who hit international headlines in 2018 by faking his own murder in collaboration with the Ukrainian authorities.
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
All I’d brought was a paperback book about chess—I figured my father ought to learn the game for real, before the lieutenant figured out he was faking it.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
