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Recent Examples of dufferMany duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024 For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.—Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024 Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022 Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for duffer
This model reduces upfront investment and makes high-end simulation accessible to smaller firms that previously couldn’t afford enterprise-scale CAE platforms.
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Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
According to computer simulations, these differences appeared to help lower disease transmission, reducing the risk of the fungal pathogen breaching the entire nest.
The drunken louts who mocked and obscenely jeered the European Ryder Cup contenders at last weekend’s event at Bethpage Black golf course on Long Island would have loved it.
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Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.
Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes.
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Scott Neuman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Originally from Oklahoma, Findley had moved to southwest Missouri not long before the Graceland swindle began, and was using aliases that included the name Naussany to harass and threaten local business owners.
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