fooling
Example Sentences
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“The assertion that the U.S. Attorney’s Office was snookered by the Department of the Interior is not fooling anybody,” Eisen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
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
“Can I ask you something? Do you think it's possible that Leo was right—the boys were just fooling around? And maybe you were being a little too sensitive?”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
