fake
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Also, two-time major golf champion Bryson DeChambeau said that while it’s likely that moon landings have happened, some of the footage we’ve been shown might have been fake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I saw R.E.M. for the first time the night I graduated high school in 1981, when I took myself and my fake ID to a club in Mt.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Other insurance fraud cases flagged by the ABI include someone who staged car crashes with people they met online and a complex travel insurance scam involving multiple fake identities and documents.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“That’s clearly a fake argument,” he says on an early Thursday evening in August, wearing a Western-style hat and savoring two scoops of gelato from Paradise Bakery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I tell him the whole story about my capture, the boxes, the fake suns and false forest.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
AI has also exacerbated the spread of disinformation, as images can now be more easily faked and videos misleadingly edited using text prompts.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I have never faked a pregnancy, and there is no proof that I did,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The pair also faked certificates of analysis, the documents that prove the safety and quality of a product.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
If a video was obviously faked, the creator would be asked to remake it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
He had faked deafness, rheumatism, and heart trouble.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
In his closing argument Thursday, Blacknell also noted that no medical professional made a finding that Linton was “malingering,” essentially faking an illness, during the neurological tests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She added that she often felt dismissed by colleagues who implied she was faking her condition but was lucky that her manager was supportive.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Haynes took the shotgun snap at the 10 and dropped back to the 14 before shooting up the middle, pump faking around the seven and diving into the end zone for the game-winning score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some have even resorted to faking influencer deals by posting variations of #ad on their posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Roy shook his head no, faking like he was hurt.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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