as in wishes
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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Toy Story 5 wishes to keep children in a state of dependency on their toys, just as the franchise itself seeks to keep its aging viewership in a state of perpetual nostalgia.
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The university then became responsible for remediation work and its daily 24/7 security before the crime scene was torn down against some of the victim families’ wishes ahead of a trial at the end of December 2023.
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If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.
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Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America.
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The states also told the court that the move imposes a costly burden on election officials to comply and would spread fear about the possibility of prosecution.
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The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.
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Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.
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Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
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“Fobs off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobs%20off. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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