feint
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It’s a bit of a feint, because the game is also going to be aired on its free broadcast daddy, ABC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In effect, the Leipzig attack was like a maneuver in a war game, or a feint.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The White House didn’t plan to disclose the feint, officials said, until the Washington Post revealed it and sparked a media frenzy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Ghostface dismisses Gale as “an old irrelevant hag,” there’s no way of telling if that Gen Z dis is a hint, a feint or a mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Blue Eyes reversed from her feint and surged toward Sadna in a flash of steel.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was the culmination of a series of feints and bluffs in the preceding hours and days as the former reality TV star kept the world guessing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
The narrative is less sucker punch than brilliant feints and jabs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
After throwing a few early feints to get a read on his opponent, Itauma started to unload and quickly found the range for his heavy hands.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Marcus feints left with his scim, and when Helene counters, he grins.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
The fight begun with both athletes showing patience as Volkanovski feinted and switched stances, while Makhachev looked for openings.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
At the end of the first half, Brown feinted a drive that rocked Ute defender Both Gach off balance before stepping back for a contested 22-foot three-pointer that splashed through the net as time expired.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
The battle on film was a sequence of explosive lunges: mauve, black, gold and scarlet feathers flying as the birds leapt, feinted and struck out with talons.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
The Atlanta Hawks guard feinted left and then crossed over sharply to his right, settling into a comfortable pocket between two frozen Milwaukee Bucks defenders.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2021
I landed behind him with a splash and feinted toward his head, as Id done before.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Salesses knows exactly how to get these giants pounding up and down the court — pivoting, feinting, shooting!
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
Donato would then put his team ahead in the shootout round, feinting right and deking goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to the left.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
Moore for a 10-yard score — a pass made possible by Newton stepping up in the pocket, feinting a scramble to draw in the safety to leave Moore open.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
First, Turnbull slipped after feinting to play the ball out in his own box, and that allowed Mitchel Bakker to square for Hincapie to sweep home the opener on 25 minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
He was oversimplifying here, skittering off there, dodging and feinting.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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