fooled
Example Sentences
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As George W. Bush famously said, “Fool me once, shame on me; fool me twice … won’t get fooled again.”
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some outfielders could be fooled playing balls off the crack of the bat, but Pride got good jumps by watching the swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Among those fooled was the re-election campaign of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
LISBON—The agent manning the passport control line warned me not to be fooled by the mercifully short line that greeted me upon arrival at Portugal’s Lisbon International Airport on the last Friday in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Soon our jaws are tired from chewing on the sassafras roots, and for a time our bellies are fooled into thinking we have eaten.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
