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

“If a high number of those children are not getting the follow-up care, we may just be fooling ourselves and checking a box,” Chung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

A car alarm on the mainland, or some obnoxious kid fooling around with an air horn.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart