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fakery

[fay-kuh-ree] / ˈfeɪ kə ri /






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Asked about the lengthy U.S. probes, Geng said the fakery was often obvious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

A simple adjustment of the blocking would alleviate the fakery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Celebrity gossip keeps a close eye on body fakery.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Far from raising questions about the clip’s veracity, it just fuelled backlash from people who thought the allegation of fakery was just an excuse or an attempt to evade accountability.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024

They were brittle and peeling—smaller than I remembered, too—and looking at them now, as an almost adult, it struck me how blatant the fakery was.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

These fakeries were added to ‘correct’ film so it seemed more like we saw.”

From Forbes ● Jan. 11, 2013

It is by seeing the market clearly in its fakeries that he outwitted it to get so rich.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2010

In recent years he sold his own works for large sums, but the authorities still pursued him for past fakeries.

From Time Magazine Archive




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