fooling

Example Sentences

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Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate • May 11, 2026

He often moves his body in a way that looks like he is going to pass to one team-mate, before passing it to the spare man after fooling the defenders.

From BBC • May 8, 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

“With handing off, you can’t be fooling around and changing it on the fly. You have to practice it during the week.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

The horse’s bad-legged, cow-pony appearance made fooling people a cinch.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand