fall for

Example Sentences

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“You know it’s not true, but you still fall for it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Then, in deciduous forests, the particles are transported to the forest soil by rain or the autumn leaf fall, for example."

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

It’s always a mind game and I fall for it every time, and I cave and it’s just so dumb.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Markets will make wrong reads, fall for a ruse or bad news that turns out to be not so bad after all.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

And everyone would fall for it all over again.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day