feint
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But this is all a feint: The movie sets you up for one thing and then delivers another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
There is no strict definition of a stutter, but under Fifa rules, a player is allowed to stop or feint during the run-up as long as they don't do it directly before kicking the ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Again, no storming, no lunging, not even a feint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
Perhaps this is a feint in some grand art of the deal.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
When the ball came Ben made a violent feint toward the basket which drove Jim Don stumbling backward.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
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
During the next round, he was spinning David around with his footwork, working feints into elaborate movement patterns to leave David confused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
The stride length, the quickness of the foot feints, all clearly revealed to his unfailing eye, made him reassess his second conclusion.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Elmas feinted past Mamadou Coulibaly on the left side of the area before curling into the far bottom corner.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
The fight begun with both athletes showing patience as Volkanovski feinted and switched stances, while Makhachev looked for openings.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Juventus turned the match around completely two minutes later when Vlahović ran onto a through-ball and into the area and feinted his way past Inter defender Danilo D’Ambrosio.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
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
He feinted to one side, as if to spring, but the other stood in his path.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
The senior pulled out to the elbow before feinting right, going left, dusting her defender and streaking to the goal.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 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
Jabbing and feinting, he edged sideways, putting the fire between them once more.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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