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[fayk] / feɪk /






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Also, two-time major golf champion Bryson DeChambeau said that while it’s likely that moon landings have happened, some of the footage we’ve been shown might have been fake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

I saw R.E.M. for the first time the night I graduated high school in 1981, when I took myself and my fake ID to a club in Mt.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Enter The Profiler, a self-proclaimed crime fighter who has made it his mission to root out online scams and fake job ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“That’s clearly a fake argument,” he says on an early Thursday evening in August, wearing a Western-style hat and savoring two scoops of gelato from Paradise Bakery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Rescue yourself,” he said, tossing his fake sword to the “princess.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

AI has also exacerbated the spread of disinformation, as images can now be more easily faked and videos misleadingly edited using text prompts.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Indian authorities raided an operation in Mumbai that faked expiration dates on food products manufactured by PepsiCo, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

Caligiuri faked right then cut left, the beaten defender sticking his right leg out wildly in protest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Esperanza faked a swoon back into her seat.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

From the moment she walked onto the stage at his public memorial in Arizona to fireworks more suited for a World Series championship, Erika Kirk has alienated people, even drawing accusations of faking her sorrow.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Experts said the use of AI for “astroturfing,” or faking, civic engagement is a growing trend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

We’re in a country that really puts a premium on swagger, on faking it till you make it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some have even resorted to faking influencer deals by posting variations of #ad on their posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Several statisticians have examined Mendel’s original data and accused him of faking the data.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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