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Deceived by promises of safe passage by authorities, they were instead taken together to Trnopolje — the second time for Nijaz — at some point in the late summer or autumn of 1992.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025
Deceived into signing a form that says he is leaving voluntarily, Hadi is deported to Amman.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2022
He took up the position of librarian at the University of Hull in 1955 and, in the same year, published his acclaimed collection The Less Deceived.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015
At one point, he asserts that Larkin’s first mature collection, The Less Deceived, possesses a “range of styles, forms and emotions” that’s “more diverse than that of any other poet of the century.”
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2014
He felt betrayed; Deceived; What was Scipio doing in this house?
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
