feint

It’s a bit of a feint, because the game is also going to be aired on its free broadcast daddy, ABC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The name is a feint: There’s nothing goth about his chipper electronic pop, which often feels tailor-made for DJ sets in exotic locations, a crowd swaying as the sun sinks in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

When Ghostface dismisses Gale as “an old irrelevant hag,” there’s no way of telling if that Gen Z dis is a hint, a feint or a mistake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Was the "two-week deadline" for negotations a feint?

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025

When the ball came Ben made a violent feint toward the basket which drove Jim Don stumbling backward.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

It was the culmination of a series of feints and bluffs in the preceding hours and days as the former reality TV star kept the world guessing.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026

He cites improvements in "footwork, defence, staying calm on fight night", adding that experience has allowed him to put combinations, body work and feints together more naturally.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

Bud started upping the feints, forcing Willie to swing wide and hard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

The stride length, the quickness of the foot feints, all clearly revealed to his unfailing eye, made him reassess his second conclusion.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

The fight begun with both athletes showing patience as Volkanovski feinted and switched stances, while Makhachev looked for openings.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023

At the end of the first half, Brown feinted a drive that rocked Ute defender Both Gach off balance before stepping back for a contested 22-foot three-pointer that splashed through the net as time expired.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

The Atlanta Hawks guard feinted left and then crossed over sharply to his right, settling into a comfortable pocket between two frozen Milwaukee Bucks defenders.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2021

Then, Quinn feinted inside and broke toward the left pylon, where McCoy found him for a completion.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2018

Ekon feinted left, then turned on his heel.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Bud snaked his way inside, feinting in the middle distance and eating some shots on the way in — but nothing that rattled him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

Harrison hitches his bespoke wagon to that star, and the resulting scandal shows how deftly Korelitz moves as a satirist, feinting in one direction and then delivering a knockout blow in the other.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022

Donato would then put his team ahead in the shootout round, feinting right and deking goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to the left.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022

Moore for a 10-yard score — a pass made possible by Newton stepping up in the pocket, feinting a scramble to draw in the safety to leave Moore open.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

So she flourished it, feinting to right and left, not intending to hit him at all, and he didn’t move.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman