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Attempts to attract puffins to Lighthouse Island included setting up fake "decoy" puffins, and a solar powered speaker system broadcasting its call.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

He said it was there that deputies noticed the man’s SUV was in disarray and displayed a fake license plate, prompting deputies to investigate further.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Thousands of North Korean operatives are using fake and stolen identities to land remote jobs at U.S. companies—funneling hundreds of millions of dollars back to the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Thousands of North Korean operatives are using fake and stolen identities to land remote jobs at U.S. companies—and help fund Kim Jong Un’s regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But something about the whole exchange struck him as weird and fake, like in a soft-drink commercial, where people took one sip and were suddenly dancing and singing and hugging total strangers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Video blogger Geng Hongwei, a 33-year-old graduate-school dropout, alleged in May that Shanghai University scientists faked data in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

If a video isn’t engaging enough, or if it bears obvious signs of being faked, Polymarket will ask for the videos to be reshot, the creators said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

But his ongoing suspicion around a sex offender, who faked being severely disabled, eventually saw him unravel a conspiracy that even he had never encountered before.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

A California custody lawsuit over an aging Labrador ended with both sides being punished for citing precedents faked by AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

LeAlan: I would have faked it—I would have sued: “My neck hurts, I can’t move!”

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

Haynes took the shotgun snap at the 10 and dropped back to the 14 before shooting up the middle, pump faking around the seven and diving into the end zone for the game-winning score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

How-to guides were discovered on the ships detailing additional methods for faking GPS information, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Prosecutor John Hipkin told the court that Hughes told police he did not know if Turner was "faking it" when he passed out.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Prosecutors have accused Soofer of faking invoices for fresh meals while clients were left to eat breakfast bars, canned beans and ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

“Yeah, I guess,” I said, faking a smile, wanting him to scoot along, stop talking.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth