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

In effect, the Leipzig attack was like a maneuver in a war game, or a feint.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

The White House didn’t plan to disclose the feint, officials said, until the Washington Post revealed it and sparked a media frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The gimmicks are effective, though a bit of a feint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

She’s been pestering Joey to teach her to feint and jab.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

It seems like McKinley wants to deliver a crushing blow, but then feints at the last minute, opting for a more optimistic kind of fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

After throwing a few early feints to get a read on his opponent, Itauma started to unload and quickly found the range for his heavy hands.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

Marcus feints left with his scim, and when Helene counters, he grins.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Kvaratskhelia feinted to run in behind, then dropped short, then looked to run in behind, dropped short again before eventually running in behind.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Juventus turned the match around completely two minutes later when Vlahović ran onto a through-ball and into the area and feinted his way past Inter defender Danilo D’Ambrosio.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

The battle on film was a sequence of explosive lunges: mauve, black, gold and scarlet feathers flying as the birds leapt, feinted and struck out with talons.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021

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

She withdrew and feinted, her feet jabbing and flexing on the floor with birdlike grace.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

They envision themselves bobbing and weaving, triangulating and feinting — filling the air with meaningless cliches so that no one knows where they stand and no one can hold them accountable.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 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

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

Ignatius, feeling just as invisible standing there in Dorian’s living room, began feinting at some imaginary opponent with his cutlass to relieve his self-consciousness.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole