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bluffing

[bluhf-ing] / ˈblʌf ɪŋ /










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As it turned out, the bluffing may have been unnecessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Mehdi, a 58-year-old salesman believes the opposite, saying that "the Americans are bluffing" and that "the negotiations will be 100% successful".

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Armed only with a lamp, he managed to scare off the men by bluffing that he had a gun, causing them to flee the scene empty-handed.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Beneath all the bluffing lies a determination of credibility.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025

Perhaps, as some historians have argued, South Carolina and Georgia were bluffing.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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