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BAB EL-MANDEB, Yemen — To visit Bab el-Mandeb is to understand that old adage about looks being deceiving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Their worries — AI systems deceiving their creators, bootstrapping their own code, or launching autonomous cyberattacks — show up in scientific literature.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Your eyes aren't deceiving you if Labour's red seems a little deeper and the Conservatives' blue a little truer.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Two days after his incident with Santana, Caballero was called for a pitch-clock violation when umpires deemed that he was attempting to circumvent the rules by deceiving the pitcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

I was still not sure whether my eyes were deceiving me or not.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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