as in wishing
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard
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The article expressed a desire for Kirk to face trivial setbacks, emphasizing satirical intent while including later disclaimers about not wishing physical harm.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The latter is more binding for firms wishing to delay the release of critical data points to avoid competition.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, for years, state legislatures have been passing laws that seek to reshape academic labor on the front end, by gutting funding for hires and imposing new criteria for appointment and retention.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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In joint second place is City’s imposing 15 victories and one defeat in 16 Premier League matches against Bournemouth.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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These acts include killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy a population.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The charges include sentencing enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor ends up passing off the story of Bessie surviving a concentration camp in Poland as her own.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The indictment also accused him of intentionally submitting checks drawn on insufficient funds and allegedly passing off another person’s Internet Movie Database Page as his own to convince one victim of his industry bona fides.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Fobbing off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobbing%20off. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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