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Shant said Thompson had made a "concerted attempt to conceal" what he had done, and "set about creating a false scene to fool the police".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

She’s not giving up her bridal dreams, but she’s absolutely done being played for a fool.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

It will think it has a soul and “develop” a soul and fool people with its depth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Speaking on Amy Poehler's podcast Good Hang, the 30-year-old actor said he loves SNL and "the idea of having fun and making a fool of yourself in such a creative way".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Someone was trying to fool him into thinking the Mona Lisa had been recovered.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

One AI lab insider sniffed: “We would be fools reacting to Karpian theatrics; he does well talking his own book.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

She’s also widely known for her many devoted friendships, though she doesn’t suffer fools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

If there were an unofficial tagline that describes it best, it is that all men are knights, and all men are fools.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

“Carmen is going to keep track. Whoever fools the most people wins this.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Federal investigators discovered that Rush appears to have successfully fooled America’s pre-eminent spy agency for decades with a pack of easily discoverable lies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

While Holland said the AI-generated images also fooled some of his loved ones, he didn’t feel the need to do much explaining “because they were all there.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

It’s usually used to suggest traders may be fooled by a relatively small retracement of a big market dive.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

In the ruling, the justices cite testimony from jurors who say Hill told them "not to be fooled" by the evidence presented by the defence team.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

I pretended a fly had flown into my eye, but June totally wasn’t fooled.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

It’s a disguise “Obsession” wears so well that it’s fooling people into thinking this perfectly adequate film marks the arrival of a new horror classic.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

Are we fooling ourselves to think our taxes matter to our moral responsibility?

From Slate ● May 11, 2026

So Théodore started an account on X, formerly known as Twitter, called "Insane AI Slop" and started calling out and poking fun at the content he came across that was fooling people.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

“With handing off, you can’t be fooling around and changing it on the fly. You have to practice it during the week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Melina was still at the top of the steps, fooling with something.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs