as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships
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Recent Examples of string along
The new version will ultimately feature twice as many lights, with half of them strung along the interior sides of the cables facing Oakland.
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Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
This jukebox musical strings along Neil Diamond’s chart-topping songbook to tell the story of the singer/composer’s journey from Brooklyn boy to iconic hitmaker.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Mario Campos would build and work on houses well into his 70s, including a string along SW 25th Street in Miami that belonged to his extended family.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Christmas lights glow above, strung along the streetlamps, incongruous against the heavy security presence that dominates the scene.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
This jukebox musical strings along Neil Diamond’s chart-topping songbook to tell the story of the singer/composer’s journey from Brooklyn boy to iconic hitmaker.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Mario Campos would build and work on houses well into his 70s, including a string along SW 25th Street in Miami that belonged to his extended family.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Christmas lights glow above, strung along the streetlamps, incongruous against the heavy security presence that dominates the scene.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for string along
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Anchoring, scarcity and choice architecture aren’t about tricking people.—
David Meade,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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The church hosts sure love tricking us into eating raw broccoli by serving it up in this creamy pasta salad.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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Don’t be fooled into thinking napkin rings aren’t noticed.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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But this case shows how quickly a 401(k) can become a target when someone has enough personal information to fool a call center or reset account access.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condominium deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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For Arjun Singri, founder of Scamless, this has created a new kind of digital arms race, where the same technology driving progress is also being used to deceive people at scale.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The fan that sucks in combustion air and blows out exhaust gases stopped spinning.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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The Interceptor sucks in trash and deposits it in large bins that, once full, are shipped off for appropriate disposal—and in an interesting twist, an afterlife as material for new car production.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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“String along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string%20along. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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