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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As a parent, Cash wishes that the dialogue between state legislators and educators was more open.—
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Nicola ended her emotional message by sending birthday wishes to her brother in heaven.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
30 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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There is little doubt that some taxpayers will continue to stay in New York City even after Mamdani imposes his city tax on high earning taxpayers.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The law imposes an 80-hour monthly work requirement on childless adults receiving Medicaid, increases state cost-sharing obligations, and tightens eligibility rules.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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But Venugopal points out that the lab study couldn’t capture the onslaught of enzymes, teeth gritting, and temperature variation that a real human mouth inflicts.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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Corporate crime and wrongdoing—pollution, dangerous products, financial fraud and scams, unsafe workplaces, and more—inflicts far more damage on people than street crime, whether measured by dollars, injuries, or lives.—
Robert Weissman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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