fool
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It hallucinated citations and got facts wrong, and you risked looking like a fool in front of a professor for trusting it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
As master of disguise, Zandrya takes a different form each time she appears in an episode — the better to fool Sofia and get her hands on the magic amulet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Performing a comedy routine based on her experience was unnerving, she says, as she was scared to be vulnerable about her mistakes and risk being called a fool by the audience.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"I gave them $38 million of essentially free funding which they then used to create an $800 billion for-profit company. I literally was a fool," Musk told the court Wednesday, before cross-examination began.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Someone was trying to fool him into thinking the Mona Lisa had been recovered.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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