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spoof

[spoof] / spuf /


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Contact details, such as the website, listed on the checker should be used rather than any links seen on social media which could lead you to a spoof site.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

RuPaul’s affection for everything inane, disgusting and gloriously stupid lends itself perfectly to a disaster spoof like “Stop! That! Train!.”

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

If Broadway has scraped the barrel-bottom of A-list movies to adapt, at least it can mock them: “Titanique” is a frisky and funny spoof of the James Cameron juggernaut about that big ship that sank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Once inside the Gulf, Diakun said, vessels can "spoof" their transponders to hide their positions and even perform ship-to-ship transfers of Iranian oil, testing the terms of the US blockade.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

This reminded Jonah of a spoof he’d seen once in MAD magazine that was supposed to teach kids how to lie convincingly.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It never disappointed us for a laugh with its great cast and their recurring characters and movie spoofs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

And the show has always overflowed with pop culture references and spoofs, which requires an almost bottomless well of musical knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2025

A council is urging whoever is putting up tongue-in-cheek signs in a city to stop the spoofs, saying they could "mislead residents and cause confusion".

From BBC Oct. 9, 2025

Baldwin is the latest star to return to the series as part of their election spoofs.

From Salon Oct. 20, 2024

I can't say more without endangering the effect of Captain COKE'S ingenious shifts and spoofs.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 by Various

Late-night TV host Stephen Colbert spoofed Endless Shrimp’s return, and Red Lobster sent a bunch of swag to the show’s writers in response.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

The first trailer "spoofed everything from Star Wars to Avatar to Harry Potter", according to Variety's report from the screening.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

Modern software is highly effective at flagging spoofed emailed addresses, said Igor Zaks, the president of Tenzor, a due diligence consultant specializing in receivables finance.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

Signal jamming and GPS interference with "spoofed" coordinates are other methods Dauer cited for dealing with drones without shooting them mid-air.

From Barron's Oct. 14, 2025

The beggar spoofed Lady Hannah up hill and down dale with that, and she believed him.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

However, some ships may be turning their trackers off or broadcasting a false position, a practice known as "spoofing".

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

The shadow fleet, using methods like signal spoofing, is testing the blockade, though Centcom reported no ships got through in 24 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

But jamming can work, as Ukraine has shown, as can "spoofing", which involves hacking into the drone's navigation system to change its destination.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

For example, the number of servers available in a country may be suitable for situations in which speed is more important than location spoofing.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

The gradual augmentation of the spook's power is one of the most preposterous, the most laughable histories in the whole literature of spoofing.

From At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Floyd, Thomas Hope




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