feigning
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Feigning ignorance isn't just putting some spin on the ball; it's outright lying.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022
Feigning ignorance before tipoff to hide a team’s strategic cards can be as much a function of the job for NBA coaches as drawing up plays during timeouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2022
He said so himself Monday: Feigning a desire for an animal he doesn’t “have any time” for would feel “phony,” and “that’s not the relationship I have with my people.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2019
Feigning reasonableness, he allowed: “I guess there could be some pockets where they maybe disagree a little bit. But not very much.”
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2019
Feigning offense, Emma said, “Of course we’re performers,” and to demonstrate, she made a tiny flame on the tip of her finger and stubbed it out in her eye.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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