bluffing
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As it turned out, the bluffing may have been unnecessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Mehdi, a 58-year-old salesman believes the opposite, saying that "the Americans are bluffing" and that "the negotiations will be 100% successful".
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Armed only with a lamp, he managed to scare off the men by bluffing that he had a gun, causing them to flee the scene empty-handed.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Beneath all the bluffing lies a determination of credibility.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
I started easing my hand down into my pocket, to try bluffing . . . and one of them snatched open the door.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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