deceptive
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While the individual ships can have different flags, deceptive markings and painted-over names, they communicate directly with each other and act in coordination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"I didn't know how to manage a postpartum illness. I think mental illness has this ability to be tragically deceptive," he told CBS, the BBC's US news partner.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
While technically accurate, Johnson’s characterization was also deceptive.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The lawsuit alleges that State Farm engaged in illegal and deceptive business practices that kept victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires from receiving what they were entitled to under their policies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
That seemed about right—truth was strange and deceptive, it had to be struggled for, against the flow of the everyday.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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