pump-faked

past tense of pump-fake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pump-faked
Verb
  • In Milwaukee, Kellner said that around 33% of bus riders have evaded paying fares in 2025 but that the agency has identified a few cost-neutral strategies targeted at reducing fare evasion down to 30% by September 2026, the same rate of evasion busses saw in 2024.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The big plays evaded the Eagles both through the air and on the ground.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And Trump’s past comments aren’t the only embarrassment being sidestepped.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • By settling the case, Anthropic has sidestepped an existential risk to its business.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That means Colorado officially dodged baseball infamy.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
  • While on the job in May 2015, Emenheiser dodged a bullet while responding to a call for a man with a weapon who had allegedly forced his way into a woman's home.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Pump-faked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump-faked. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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