fooled

Example Sentences

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Federal investigators discovered that Rush appears to have successfully fooled America’s pre-eminent spy agency for decades with a pack of easily discoverable lies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

While Holland said the AI-generated images also fooled some of his loved ones, he didn’t feel the need to do much explaining “because they were all there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Dan Loeb, the hedge-fund veteran famed for boardroom fights and valuing investing, admits Sam Bankman-Fried fooled him.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Wowed but not fooled, for everyone understood what was happening inside Muybridge’s machine: Still photos were displayed one after the other.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

I’d been fooled because my great-great-grandfather wore the same suit and the same grim face in both photographs, his hair thick and long.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia