feint
Example Sentences
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Was the "two-week deadline" for negotations a feint?
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
It's a feint, an effort to scare his opponents into believing his ascension is unstoppable, so they stop fighting him.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
Lamm slipped in another feint, which was to raise the question of whether Greenblatt is sufficiently engaged with Jewishness to merit a defense from antisemitism.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023
Though that movement could be a tactical feint, and both governments have used disinformation to gain battlefield advantages, such a maneuver would be in line with what some analysts had predicted.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
If I were khal, I would feint at Selhorys, let the Volan- tenes rush to defend it, then swing south and ride hard for Volantis itself.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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The Lightning Thief
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The Hobbit
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