feint
Example Sentences
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Was the "two-week deadline" for negotations a feint?
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Perhaps this is a feint in some grand art of the deal.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
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
He likes to feint, pretend his sword is going one way rather than another.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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