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While some may see a cynical feint—float in the Dead Sea and watch the Jewish vote pour in!

Netanyahu had no choice but to at least feint in this direction.

It increased in volume, this firing, until I feared that what had been started as a feint was being pushed forward to a victory.

On the evening of the 15th his advance made a feint demonstration against Petersburg, and on the 16th made his attack in force.

The boatswain swore with wicked words,Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit,'Twas nothing but a feint.

She is jesting: I have it here; Monsieur, the feint is useless.

But Clairon considers that this is a feint on his part, and that he will arrive sooner, in order to surprise her.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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