bluffing
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One of the people likened Kelleher’s strategy to playing hard-nosed poker with Swiss authorities, rather than simply bluffing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
Some said war was all but inevitable, while one salesman who gave his name as Mehdi predicted the negotiations would succeed, saying: "The Americans are bluffing."
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
But Scappaticci was bluffing and did not actually want to succeed, since if the government was ordered to tell the truth, he would have been confirmed as Stakeknife.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
None of the Fugees had heard of a gang called the Africans, and many thought Tito had been bluffing to frighten the American boy when he claimed to be in such a gang.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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