deceive
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The healthcare focus includes investigations into marketing for unsafe products and services that deceive consumers, the memo added.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 14, 2026
Scammers exploit the Emirati royal's likeness by drawing on his vast online presence, including his more than 17 million Instagram followers, and sometimes even copying the prince's authentic poems to deceive victims.
From Barron's β Jul. 3, 2026
"I think Jamie Varley has sought to deceive right from day one," said Fallows.
From BBC β Jun. 18, 2026
We should say instead that lying is a matter of speaking with the intent to deceive.
From Salon β Apr. 13, 2026
Mr. Covey’s forte consisted in his power to deceive.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
They are dusted with pollen, which they then carry to the next flower which deceives them.
From BBC β Jul. 3, 2026
In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.
From Washington Times β Nov. 29, 2023
A “man of two minds,” he commiserates with his foes as easily as he deceives his friends.
From New York Times β Oct. 3, 2023
"Instead it did something even cleverer — it brought together existing genes, which already do other things in different parts of the plant, to make a complicated spot on the petals that deceives male flies."
From Salon β Mar. 26, 2023
I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Besides the painful consequences for deceived buyers, code enforcement has the limitation of due process, Bostwick said.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.
From Slate β Aug. 21, 2026
It has left fans divided, those that still believe, and those feeling deceived.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2026
The FTC, Utah and California sued Hims & Hers, alleging it deceived users about billing and shared customer data with advertisers.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
Vincent writes back immediately, denying that Sien has deceived him—another girl tried that once, and he’d closed the door firmly in her face.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The headline number is probably going to be deceiving, however.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 2026
At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.
From Slate β Jul. 8, 2026
“I think we should focus on the new and leave behind negative rhetoric, the malice, and the effort to deceive—to keep deceiving Venezuelans and the world,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 30, 2026
Catfishing is when somebody creates a fake online persona with the intention of deceiving others.
From BBC β Mar. 11, 2026
“You said that Arthur knew all about it,” she said, “and that we were not deceiving him at all.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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