spoof
Example Sentences
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Lee Marvin previously won for portraying twin gunfighters Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn in the 1965 western spoof “Cat Ballou.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Innes said we could not be sure whether all of the pages' thousands of followers were real people, adding page owners often used bots to "spoof the algorithm" and get content into people's feeds.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
In Ukraine, the mass use of drones brought opportunities to jam and spoof their signals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Since the imposition of sanctions, analysts say it has become common for ships to spoof or conceal their positions while loading oil in Venezuela.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
It was possible for hackers to use modded visors to spoof their retinal patterns and thus create a second account for themselves.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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