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Recent Examples of conn
Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Seventeen years after the public was conned, every last warning has come true.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials allege that Bester bribed several prison employees into helping with his escape plan, including conning his way into an isolation cell that was located near a fire escape and in an area with limited cameras, per the docuseries, NBC News and GroundUp.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Love Con Revenge tells the real stories of people who have been conned by people from dating apps.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
At the end of 2022, the FBI reported that at least 3,000 underage victims, mostly boys, had been conned by these lies, with more than a dozen suicide deaths resulting.
—PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he executive produced the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan, which follows the story of Sarma Melngailis whose vegan restaurant was conned out of money by her husband.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The show’s about religious hypocrisy and being conned.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Seventeen years after the public was conned, every last warning has come true.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials allege that Bester bribed several prison employees into helping with his escape plan, including conning his way into an isolation cell that was located near a fire escape and in an area with limited cameras, per the docuseries, NBC News and GroundUp.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Love Con Revenge tells the real stories of people who have been conned by people from dating apps.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
At the end of 2022, the FBI reported that at least 3,000 underage victims, mostly boys, had been conned by these lies, with more than a dozen suicide deaths resulting.
—PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he executive produced the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan, which follows the story of Sarma Melngailis whose vegan restaurant was conned out of money by her husband.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The show’s about religious hypocrisy and being conned.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conn
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Neuroscience also reveals how collective memory and leadership dynamics can steer a society toward increasing aggression or maintaining peace.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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In the meantime, the words and actions of the administration have steered the Department of Homeland Security sharply away from its stated core values.—
Keith Wilson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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As part of the holiday collection debuting in installments through late November, the Milanese jewelry brand helmed by cofounders Marta Caffarelli and Viola Naj-Oleari is expanding its Impronte line, or footprints in English.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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What Now hails from director Daniella Eisman, known for helming episodes of The Sex Lives of College Girls and Superstore.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Conn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conn. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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