as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares
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Recent Examples of suck in
Not all matter that gets near a supermassive black hole is sucked in – some is warped and twisted by the incredible gravity, accelerated and fired off at near light-speed in jets from both poles at once.
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New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
State of play: The fire's rotating smoke plume likely acted as a chimney and sucked in air from surrounding areas.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 July 2024
The district has for years preached the importance of installing grates on some inlets to prevent people from getting sucked in when areas flood and stormwater rushes toward open drainage pipes, which are often out of sight below the waterline.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
State of play: The fire's rotating smoke plume likely acted as a chimney and sucked in air from surrounding areas.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 July 2024
The district has for years preached the importance of installing grates on some inlets to prevent people from getting sucked in when areas flood and stormwater rushes toward open drainage pipes, which are often out of sight below the waterline.
—Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024
Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Decisions made in good faith leave you vulnerable to being deceived as the moon clashes with Neptune.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The stunning corruption scheme finally came to an end in September 2013, when authorities tricked his NCIS mole into thinking the most serious investigations had been closed and then invited Francis to San Diego for a meeting with Navy officials.Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Your partner is either fooling himself or attempting to fool you.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fischer, who played the paper company's receptionist Pam (until she was promoted), explained that creator Greg Daniels even filmed a fake version of the episode to fool them.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20in. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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