hoodwinked
Example Sentences
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As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
At least those hoodwinked folks weren’t tricked into leaving their houses for nothing.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
Even though I could afford it and I needed the operation done, it was hard not to feel a little hoodwinked.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
At this stage of the season I can get hoodwinked a bit because I have covered some teams when they have played well, and it means I overlook some of their opposition's qualities.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
Fosdick considered that his foundation had been hoodwinked into a deal with the devil.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
