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play possum

Synonyms

Verb

1. feign

2. sham, pretend, affect, dissemble

Usage
Judge warns DOJ not to ‘play possum’ with ‘anti-weaponization’ fund it says is dead - NBC News
‘Don’t play possum with this court’: Trump pressed over mixed messages on $1.776B fund - MS NOW
What Jen Percy Discovered About Sexual Violence While Writing "Girls Play Dead" - Interview Magazine
Judge declines to halt "anti-weaponization fund" but warns DOJ not to "play possum" - Yahoo
Judge declines to block ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ officials say is halted - Politico
Federal judge says Trump's $1.8B anti-weaponization fund appears moot but cautions DOJ against reviving it - eciks.org
How to Kill an Opossum Playing Possum for Hunting Challenge 9 - IGN
How Should a Victim Be? - The New York Times
TB Bacteria Play Possum to Evade Vaccines - Tufts Now
Boston Terrier Hilariously ‘Plays Possum’ To Avoid Playing With Sibling - ParadePets
Nature curiosity: Why do opossums play dead? - Forest Preserve District of Will County
How to tell if a baby opossum really needs help, or if it’s just ‘playing possum’ - KXAN Austin
Carville: Democrats should ‘play possum’ for now: ‘This freight train is moving’ - The Hill
Mae Martin plays very much alive with ‘The Possum’ at The Wilbur - Vanyaland
China ‘drama queen’ lamb goes viral for playing dead when buyers approach - South China Morning Post
A Wilder View: The science behind “playing possum” - KPAX News
Interview: Nancy Jones & Ken Abraham Share Stories from “Playing Possum: My Memories of George Jones” - Americana Highways
Believe it or not: A Chinese lamb that just loves to play possum - The Times of India
POLL! What About Possums? - Lost Coast Outpost
What Do Animals Know About Death? (Published 2024) - The New York Times
When Animals Play Dead — And Why It Actually Works - vocal.media
Possums are the ultimate survivalist - - Smoky Mountain News
Amanda Martinot at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University (IMAGE) - EurekAlert!
Close possum encounters: Freeloading, chicken thievery, playing dead until dead - NOLA.com
Play Possum With A New Gesture in Monster Hunter Rise - Siliconera
8 animals that “play dead” better than actors - The Times of India
Opinion | James Carville: It’s Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats (Published 2025) - The New York Times
Coyote Plays Dead, Gets Away From Hunter & Dog - Whiskey Riff
The sad, strange life of the Virginia opossum - Manistee News Advocate
An Amusing Look at How Opossums Grow Up to Play Dead - Laughing Squid
What Do Animals Understand About Death? - The New Yorker
Playing Possum: What's the Wpeeper Backdoor Up To? - 奇安信X 实验室
When These Snakes Play Dead, Soiling Themselves Is Part of the Act (Published 2024) - The New York Times
Rochester Opossum ‘Plays Possum’ To Avoid Capture By Dog - Quick Country 96.5
‘Playing Possum’ Review: Beasts and the Big Sleep - WSJ
When roadkill may be playing possum, check for babies - news8000.com
Miss Violet O’Possum - Gilroy Dispatch
North Texas horse prefers to play possum - KVUE
Police in Portsmouth play possum rescuers - Seacoastonline.com
Female frogs appear to play dead to avoid mating - Popular Science
Mallards can play dead when caught - Why Evolution Is True
Josh Brolin to Play Possum in Upcoming George Jones Biopic - floodmagazine.com
Do Animals Understand Death? The Latest Science Might Surprise You - Gizmodo
How long to play dead in order to stay alive? - Phys.org
Possums: From Playing Dead to Eating the Dead - A-Z Animals
Animals wrestle with the concept of death and mortality - Aeon
Carville: Democrats need to 'play possum,' stop the 'stupid' protests - The Daily Progress
Playing possum - Lakeland Ledger
When the MS13 Played Possum in Guatemala - InSight Crime
Do Some Female Frogs Play Dead To Avoid Mating? - Snopes.com
Animals Matter: Don’t dispose of ‘dead’ opossums too quickly - San Antonio Express-News
Democrats: Be a fox, not a possum, on the budget - contrariannews.org
'Zombie snakes' are only playing dead - ABC7 Los Angeles
James Carville tells Dems to ‘play possum’ as nationwide protests rage against Trump - New York Post
Wild Wednesday Jay Coles from the Carolina Wildlife Center possum talk - ABC Columbia
The Living Dead: Animals That Pretend to Go Belly-Up - National Geographic
Ask Anything: Can You Hypnotize An Animal? - Popular Science
Opossum captured at Kona big-box store - Maui Now
George Jones & Rodney Crowell Play ‘Possum’ for Playboy - The Boot
Possum Problems - rockawave.com
Carson the opossum has "died," again - Boing Boing
Why Play Dead? - Science News
Randy Travis Remembers George Jones in ‘Tonight I’m Playing Possum’ - tasteofcountry.com
Horse 'Plays Dead' in Funny Video - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Kangaroo Island ants ‘play dead’ to avoid predators - EurekAlert!
Ion Cutelaba: Game plan was to play possum, counterattack when referee stopped fight - MMA Fighting
This ‘zombie snake’ found in NC pretends to be dead. Be careful picking it up. - Charlotte Observer
Spooked Opossum Plays Dead for Young Photographer - Laughing Squid
Possums pack plenty o’possibilities - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Is This South African Mongoose Playing Dead or Just Playing? - National Geographic
Playing possum in your backyard - Lake County Record-Bee
Dice Snakes Fake Their Own Deaths With Gory, Poop-Filled Theatrics - Smithsonian Magazine
How Female Frogs Fight Off the Mating Ball (Published 2023) - The New York Times
JOE BIDDLE: Ducks were playing possum - WKRN News 2
‘There he is, dead again’: Opossum delights internet by faking death - CNN
Turkey hunt turns up possum playing snake - Wilmington Star-News
Rare White Possum Spotted In The Green Island Section Of Toms River - 95.9 The RAT
The Outsider plays possum in a devastating but uneven finale - A.V. Club
Everyone, play dead! Entire ant colony joins in on stunt to fool predators - StudyFinds
Carly Simon Defends Sabrina Carpenter’s Artwork for Man’s Best Friend: “It Seems Tame” - Consequence of Sound
What Happens When Animals Are Scared Stiff? - Treehugger
S.A.’s Common Critters: Opossums are misunderstood sweeties — really - Houston Chronicle
SmackDown 2006: Sleepers and Playing Possum - IGN
PLAYING POSSUM: Meet Ozzy, a nearly white opossum at the Three Forks Nature Center - Tahlequah Daily Press
Animals that play dead sacrifice others - NBC News
I’ve Stayed Silent for Too Long: Opossums Deserve Our Love - Mother Jones
Red Dead Redemption 2 opossum location guide: Master Hunter 9 Challenge - Polygon.com
Tyrrell Winston Kicks off His First-Ever Exhibition in Sweden - Hypebeast
Weevil wheeze: staying alive by feigning death - The Guardian
'Nature's garbage men': Opossums are plentiful, productive and really, most sincerely, odd - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Unless the Wallabies were playing possum, Lions may be in for a feast - SMH.com.au
4 Eye-Popping Photos That Show How Animals ‘Fake Death’ To Save Themselves - Forbes
Watch: Texas horse plays dead, fools contractor, becomes internet star - KGW
What’s The Deal With The Pony ‘Playing Dead’? Vets, Behaviorists Provide Perspective - Paulick Report
Ode to Opossum - PressReader
Play dead with Monster Hunter Rise’s latest Event Quest reward - Nintendo Wire
Trickster Animals That Can Play Dead - NDTV
Animals that play dead to survive - The Indian Express
Playing Possum - The New Yorker
Once thought too cold for the marsupials, Montreal home to growing number of opossums - CityNews Halifax
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'play possum'
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Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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