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Recent Examples of conn
This watch has conned me of my time.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.
—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
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Their father, my grandfather, was a career low-life criminal and was in jail all the time for forgery and conning people.
—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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The lack of vetoes signals Crowley's agreement that the board's changes strike the right note of protecting services for vulnerable residents while steering the county toward a more fiscally responsible future.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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As was the case a year ago, Fox heavied up on the Dallas Cowboys in the early half of the season, while steering clear of Jerry Jones’ mercurial bunch in the latter portion.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Boston Dynamics, after transitioning Atlas into a fully electric version, is actively piloting commercial deployment with its industry partner, Hyundai Motor Company, with factory use cases in automotive manufacturing already identified.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Its success hinges on the chemistry between the two leads, so when it was ordered to pilot in early August, ABC and the studio opted to take their time with the casting search for the male lead in order to find a good match for Bloom.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Benson, who helmed the district from 1993 to 2004 and won Superintendent of the Year in 2001, was an educator for 44 years and has worked in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa schools.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps the biggest pop culture development regarding Cheney's life, however, came in 2018, when Adam McKay helmed the satirical biographical film Vice using inspiration from the political figure and those around him.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Conn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conn. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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