deceptively
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The Endeavour orbiter landing simulator looks deceptively easy to operate, but once you grab the rudimentary joystick and attempt to glide the orbiter to a safe landing on the runway, you might just crash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Adidas is suing Australian label White Fox for selling and advertising clothes with a four-striped design, arguing it is "deceptively similar" to the German brand's distinct logo.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Excitement about Nvidia’s blockbuster buyback announcement on Monday can be explained by the law of deceptively large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Such is the beauty of Mungiu’s observational, deceptively nuanced writing.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a voice deceptively calm, I replied that he oversimplified the whole issue.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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