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

The transition was rough for Ansari, who wasn’t fluent in English and often got in trouble for fooling around in school.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

So Théodore started an account on X, formerly known as Twitter, called "Insane AI Slop" and started calling out and poking fun at the content he came across that was fooling people.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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

The two youngest sisters progressed from bouncing apples to fooling the world under Leah’s influence.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock