Thesaurus results for DEKEING

dekeing

verb

present participle of deke

as in evading

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement deked the lone defenseman with a deft move of his stick and went in for the breakaway

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He was also convicted of felony evading arrest, KTXS reported.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
The risks are already visible in models that deploy agents capable of evading their guardrails, escaping their sandboxes, cheating to obtain their goals, and covering their tracks to conceal the cheating.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

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In the 80th minute, Denkey received an assist from Ender Echenique, faking out goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos before finishing with his left foot between a pair of defenders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Among the highlights was Dart taking off in the first quarter, faking out several Eagles defenders, and running to the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown.

— Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of faking out

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The cheeky reference to Fielder’s doc earned a smile from Seyfried, though the actress continued dodging direct references to Holmes.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
This moment is different, and all the advice about dodging this dodgy issue is now wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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