fool
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Like a fool who would never see the truth, I kept thinking something would change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
I wasn’t a fool, but I did try to build a life for myself by buying a house.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Another risk is the rise of deepfakes – AI-made pictures and videos of people that look real – which can be used to fool the public.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
And I’m no fool; having seen all of Anderson’s “Resident Evil” films, I know they are not created equal.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Were you trying to fool me?” said the whale.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The boys are not masterminds; the victims are not fools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
She’s also widely known for her many devoted friendships, though she doesn’t suffer fools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
He told them that they were fools, reminded them of things they thought were safely forgotten.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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A difficult job market appeared to show improvement near the end of summer with a surprisingly big increase in employment, but don’t be fooled: Hiring in the U.S. is still unusually tepid.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
What to know: Don’t be fooled by the title of this drama, co-produced by Britain’s Sky Television—you’re not going to get guns and bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Don't be fooled by the number nine he wore on his back for Switzerland at the World Cup - he generally plays a lot deeper than that.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Because being fooled once is a shame; being fooled twice — that’s moronic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dear reader, I told you not to he fooled by high expectations.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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“A lot of disrupters don’t even have targets, they’re just fooling around,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He was a receiver and a youth football coach saw him fooling around kicking at a flag football game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
Those expecting the silly 795% 2025 returns of the year’s best performer, the leveraged $2.1 billion MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged, to repeat are almost surely fooling themselves.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
He knew he might be fooling himself into thinking that he could stay.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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