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as in shark
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out
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Noun
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Only 15 of those animals were meant to be stopped by the nets; the rest were dolphins, rays, turtles and sharks that aren’t considered dangerous.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Megalodons were behemoth sharks that roamed the waters starting 20 million years ago and are now extinct.—
Christine Wusylko,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The baseball world will look back at this era of dodger baseball 30 years from now and have nothing but fond memories and positive things to say about it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
19 Feb. 2021
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Frank got his one wild night of partying and returned to prayer, as if spirituality allows for cheat days.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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As faux-fur weather makes way for random pockets of sun and bursts of rain, Zendaya has pieced together the sartorial cheat code for transitional dressing.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dress it up with block heels for the office or down with ballet flats or sneakers for brunch.—
Claire Harmeyer,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Just pair it with accessories to dress it up for dinner, or throw on your sneakers and a denim jacket (like the one above) to enjoy a casual lunch.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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And who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the video, O'Sullivan praised the stranger and expressed her love for women who weren't afraid to expose cheaters.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Its residents were the usual suspects—moonshiners, prohibition runners, alligator skinners, and plume hunters, who, at the beginning of the 20th century, were slowly decimating the bird population to support the fashion for exotic feathers in women’s hats.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
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Inskip and her colleagues zeroed in on the medieval city of Winchester, which had not only skinners, tailors, and furriers, but also a hospital for leprosy patients.—
BySean Cummings,
science.org,
7 Aug. 2024
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“Sharpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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