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Adjective
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026 -
And SpongeBob, with his big-guy dreams, is gullible enough to do it, even as the redoubtable Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), along with Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), charter a boatmobile Winnebago and go on a mission to save him.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The human brain is highly susceptible to often unproductive mind-wandering, and modern technology has only made the problem worse.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
7 Jan. 2026
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Common Pests and Diseases Like all plants, hoyas can be susceptible to pests and diseases.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Advocates and families of some deportees have said they were falsely accused based on little evidence, and law enforcement officials and documents suggest Tren de Aragua is a relatively small and unsophisticated organization.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Once thought of as unsophisticated and easily duped, a new breed of retail investor is giving the professionals who have long dismissed them a run for their money, according to investors and market data analysts interviewed by CNBC.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This horror mashup looks more like an indie-level attempt to take an exploitable idea and run it into the ground with one novel way after another to chop up a teenage cast.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Yet despite this unprecedented sophistication, exploitable patterns remain.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In October 2023, Jemma DeCristo tweeted on social media there’s easy access to Zionist journalists who spread propaganda and misinformation.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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HotHands Hand Warmers are a convenient and easy way to stay warm and provide a boost of heat without taking extra layers.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Russia is a tyranny, which makes some of us feel naive.—
Max Hastings,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some biologists believe that as much as 25 percent of the diet of some coyote packs in LA in the naive 1980s was human food.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Well, one of the seven rules is to get trust, give trust, and so Wikipedia has always been very trusting.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
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Icardi describes her former boss as kind, professional and trusting.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ardies plays Hulda, a guileless girl, full of excitement at the prospect of womanhood.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Dec. 2025
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The key for all these people has been a great smile — broad, toothy, guileless — to emphasize the schism between the Others’ experience of togetherness and Carol’s deepening loneliness.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Deceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceivable. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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