tricked

Example Sentences

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In the suit, she claims that she was contacted by someone posing as a talent agent or producer and tricked into offering “private details of her life” over the phone in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

They tricked image recognition systems into mistaking photographs of cats for guacamole, and found new ways of embedding inaudible Alexa commands into five-second snippets of classical music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

I started researching the lyrics and realized this band tricked us into positivity, like getting us to eat our vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

After Urbina told local and federal authorities she had been tricked out of her day in court, Immigration and Customs Enforcement switched her scheduled December virtual check-in to an in-person meeting.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

It tricked you into thinking you were waiting to go live somewhere, when you were already living somewhere.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri