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Recent Examples of dufferUnwinding 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 Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021 Playing on the same course as some of the game’s greatest golfers can do that to a duffer like me, or any golfer, no matter their skill level.—oregonlive, 5 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for duffer
Trump cited unfair trade practices as his reason for implementing the levies, and accused Beijing of failing to curb the export of chemicals used to produce fentanyl, a lethal synthetic opioid.
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Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
With the world suddenly awash in synthetics, people had access to a huge variety of low-cost goods—and this brought thousands of new chemicals into American homes.
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.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
And when someone does cross the line, like the louts who doused cops in Harlem and Brownsville with water in 2019, most officers have shown remarkable restraint.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
Speaking of bandits, Leland Stanford famously jumpstarted his profits from miners into even greater swindles as a railroad baron, California Governor, and US Senator.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Apr. 2025
Then, speaking of swindles, Jeffrey Toobin explains why no one can stop Trump from handing out pardons.
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