fooled
Example Sentences
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A difficult job market appeared to show improvement near the end of summer with a surprisingly big increase in employment, but don’t be fooled: Hiring in the U.S. is still unusually tepid.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Smartphones have fooled us into thinking that we curate what our screens show us.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Eliza’s creator aimed to fool people into seeing a machine as humanlike then show them how they’d been fooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
She told Bush: "You fooled a lot of people in Hull with your mild manner, when in fact you are a cruel conman. You use people's grief to fund your lifestyle."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Daniel laughed and told them, ‘Don’t be fooled!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
