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A second assessment, which included a third psychiatrist appointed by the Jerusalem District Psychiatrist, also concluded that Leifer was feigning mental illness.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Even after she had become so weak that she could barely move, many officials questioned whether she was feigning her illness in an attempt to be released from detention, the report said.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

I still don’t know whether or not he was feigning it.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

On that day, the Supreme Court judges asked the question as to whether Justice Karnan was "feigning mental imbalance" and ordered a panel of doctors to medically examine him on 4 May.

From BBC • May 2, 2017

“At home,” Taran said—to himself, Eilonwy had already pulled a cloak over her head and was feigning sleep—“nothing ever happened. Now, everything happens. But somehow I can never seem to make it come out right.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander