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as in forging
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot
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as in pretending
to present a false appearance of
while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes
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as in concocting
to perform, make, or do without preparation
if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech
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as in evading
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right
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Recent Examples of faking
Huskins Quinn’s case gained national attention after Vallejo police wrongly accused her of faking her disappearance.
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Naomi Taxay,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
And there’s no evidence, no evidence, zero evidence in this country, that there is a problem at scale with people faking their identification in elections.
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NBC news,
28 June 2026
Barry will meet the likes of a woman whose husband was accused of faking cancer, with the allegations continuing after his death, and Sophie Dickson, whose daughter Princess Dickson took her own life earlier this year.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
However, Parker was actually faking the pregnancy and lying to her boyfriend, Wade Griffin, his family and their friends.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
The victim managed to escape by faking a seizure.
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Joan Murray,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
South Korea equalized in the 67th, when Hwang scored after faking a shot with a nifty move to clear two Czech players.
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ABC News,
12 June 2026
By faking these extravagant experiences as part of the experiment, these influencers successfully get sponsorship deals, book influencer trips, and fool their many, many followers.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
Hit men are dispatched, homicide takes hold, and a smear campaign is hatched to discredit Zaminsky as faking signals to keep his SETI gig.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
Naomi Taxay,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
And there’s no evidence, no evidence, zero evidence in this country, that there is a problem at scale with people faking their identification in elections.
—
NBC news,
28 June 2026
Barry will meet the likes of a woman whose husband was accused of faking cancer, with the allegations continuing after his death, and Sophie Dickson, whose daughter Princess Dickson took her own life earlier this year.
—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
However, Parker was actually faking the pregnancy and lying to her boyfriend, Wade Griffin, his family and their friends.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
The victim managed to escape by faking a seizure.
—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
South Korea equalized in the 67th, when Hwang scored after faking a shot with a nifty move to clear two Czech players.
—
ABC News,
12 June 2026
By faking these extravagant experiences as part of the experiment, these influencers successfully get sponsorship deals, book influencer trips, and fool their many, many followers.
—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
Hit men are dispatched, homicide takes hold, and a smear campaign is hatched to discredit Zaminsky as faking signals to keep his SETI gig.
—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faking
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Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.
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This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.
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The scammer then calls, pretending to be in a crisis and in need of immediate financial assistance.
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For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.
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The suspect, 30‑year‑old Trevion Mark of Fort Worth, was arrested nearby without incident and charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle, according to DPS.
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Mark was charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.
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Several arrests were related to counterfeiting and selling knock-off Knicks apparel, an NYPD source said.
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There have been a lot of studies on counterfeiting conducted with customs and police, but these have mostly focused on the scale of the problem.
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This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.
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My research focused on simulating how special light waves interact in liquid crystals and using simple equations to approximate and understand those interactions.
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But over the course of the next week, Nakase will be devising a plan to stop Reese.
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However, Solskjaer had spent that off-season devising how United would play with Sancho in an attacking unit alongside Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dan James, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes just behind.
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Read's team says that certain witnesses in the case – including the McCabe and Albert families, and Trooper Brian Tully – are dodging depositions by their team.
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For a merchant accused of dodging a duty, the difference was important.
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“Faking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faking. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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