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Adjective
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In an underdeveloped twist, Clark persuades his skeptical assistant, Kat (Lukita Maxwell), and her more gullible boyfriend, Bobby (Finn Bennett), to enter the Backrooms with him, armed with Bobby’s camcorder.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026 -
The assumption that manipulation happens to other people, the gullible ones, the people who fall for obvious scams, is the exact belief that keeps smart people exposed.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Yuzu is also susceptible to fungal diseases, such as root rot.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
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But gorillas are thought to be very susceptible to Ebola -– by some estimates 98% of gorillas who get Ebola die from the virus and it's already reduced the global gorilla population by approximately one-third.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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This handed unsophisticated attackers a preview of what’s coming.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Still, the film has its rewards, mostly of the unsophisticated kind, since the fight sequences come fast and furious and the cheesy dialogue has enough groan-worthy one-liners to inspire a thousand drinking games.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Identity and access management without identity governance becomes chaos, and identity management without visibility becomes an exploitable vulnerability.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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For a Carolina team that’s hellbent on possession, that looks like an exploitable matchup if that pair can’t get their act together.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Just a few blocks from the hotel, Broughton Street is an easy wander for browsing boutiques like the Posh Loft and Paris Market, followed by a coffee at the Coffee Fox.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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Mammals are weirdly easy to get right.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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At a time of growing polarization, goodwill may seem outdated or naïve.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The court’s abdication of its modern responsibility for supervising electoral democracy seems to rest on the naive belief that democracy will succeed in regulating itself.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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By 2024 that gap reached 27 points – not because working-class voters lurched toward anti-government extremism, but because mainstream Democrats became dramatically more trusting of government as an instrument of social change.—
Nicholas Jacobs,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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Leadership is relational work, and warmth can make teams more trusting, more resilient and more willing to do difficult things together.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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But her star rose and that joyful, beautiful, rather guileless young woman trying to stay cool in a hot city summer lives forever.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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And yet the track that perhaps best represents Orange’s guileless spirit is the one tune here Presley didn’t write.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Deceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceivable. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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