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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Jones sent text messages in 2022 to a Virginia Republican lawmaker about shooting then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wishing death upon his children.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
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Supporters expressed disappointment at the news, but several are still wishing the owners luck in finding a new location.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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This, at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad.—
Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Cleveland Browns are coming off an imposing win against the Miami Dolphins, despite Miami being one of the worst teams in the NFL.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jurors also found true sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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He was sent to the Soledad prison in 2015, and was serving a 14-year sentence for false imprisonment and inflicting a physical injury on another person.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
15 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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