feint
Example Sentences
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Was the "two-week deadline" for negotations a feint?
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
It's a feint, an effort to scare his opponents into believing his ascension is unstoppable, so they stop fighting him.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
In the third minute, she made a feint toward Gotham defender Jenna Nighswonger, then spun quickly the turf.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Lamm slipped in another feint, which was to raise the question of whether Greenblatt is sufficiently engaged with Jewishness to merit a defense from antisemitism.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023
Blue Eyes reversed from her feint and surged toward Sadna in a flash of steel.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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The Lightning Thief
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The Hobbit
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