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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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The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana welcomed a baby swell shark named Yoko on Jan. 3 — but the infant was born in a tank that contains only two female sharks, the aquarium announced in a statement.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025 -
So how does a shark egg appear, seemingly out of the blue?—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 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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While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune Asia,
3 July 2024
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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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Biden promised to boost revenue and reduce the deficit by raising taxes on the rich, and by auditing wealthy tax cheats.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Durant could be thrown into this mix and considered the ultimate cheat code.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Blue wore a varsity letterman’s jacket, cargo jeans and sneakers with her hair in long braids, so perhaps this is becoming her signature Super Bowl look.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Constructed with slim faux leather uppers, grippy rubber outsoles, and Adidas logos throughout, these sneakers are both fashion-forward and high quality.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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Both of them were even accused of siding with the cheater because they’d both been accused of cheating themselves, so to now hear Bronwyn backtracking and granting Todd far more grace than either of them did to begin with must feel strange.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once your game has crashed, the cheater is free to run up to your character in game, shoot them in the head and take all your gear.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 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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These girls are not professional animal skinners.—
Todd Plummer,
Harper's BAZAAR,
8 Apr. 2023
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“Sharpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpie. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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