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verb

past tense of dupe

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Recent Examples of duped
Verb
Its lightweight, glowy finish paired with the buildable coverage and weightless slip can’t be duped. Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 23 July 2026 That was the same day a trial began in Seattle federal court for a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged Amazon duped customers into paying for Prime memberships. Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 June 2026 Beside tourists and even New Yorkers being duped, the thousands of fewer official tickets being sold each day is costing NPS and NYC money. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026 But the victim, realizing he’d been duped, had reached out to police. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development. Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 These impressions aren’t always accurate — and the Bulls certainly have been duped before. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 Because while close followers of Pochettino’s squad know how the land lies — the last eight seems like a fair target to set — casual fans or those new to the sport might be duped into thinking Pulisic and co are primed for glory. Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 May 2026 We aren’t duped or ensorcelled. Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duped
Adjective
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel.
    Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Mora filed a cross-complaint against Giumarra alleging he was deceived by the company and its representatives into signing a contract that made false claims about the fruit, including that it was patented by Giumarra.
    Robert Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • In an era when AI generates convincing falsehoods at scale and a third of teenagers report being deceived by fake content online, the ability to weigh evidence critically is not an academic exercise but a plain necessity.
    Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Adjective
  • Reports based on the erroneous California Crash Reporting System entry surfaced Monday night, prompting Shanahan to address the crash Tuesday.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • However, the vast majority of these folks did not actually vote, and many asked for their erroneous registrations to be purged, contrary to the Republican fantasy that millions of noncitizens are all gunning to illegally vote.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Scammers claiming to belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have also tricked shipping firms into sending hefty payments to their cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for safe passage.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • The hackers created a Gmail account and internet domain impersonating the photographer and tricked the technician into sending Grande’s materials to them, the singer claims.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • The ‘boss’ is a headline about the breaking of any fragile peace around Iran and every time oil prices fall, the markets seem to get fooled (again).
    Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 30 July 2026
  • But don’t be fooled; the team here—from the general manager to the bar staff—never misses a beat.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

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“Duped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duped. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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