tricked
Example Sentences
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“We tricked them by putting soccer in a comedy show,” Hunt said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Still, there’s a difference between being tricked and being upsold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Costco also denied claims that shoppers were tricked into paying a premium for its rotisserie chicken because of the “no preservatives” label.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Those 7,500 New Yorkers didn’t opt out because we tricked them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
There were many times when she’d tricked Seven or another one of their classmates into believing something that wasn’t true for a prank.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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