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In practice, the fund is becoming a feeding frenzy for Wall Street profiteers and trial attorneys, eating away at public dollars intended for recovery.—
Adam Kovacevich,
Oc Register,
18 Aug. 2025 -
Many of America's policymakers and all its addiction profiteers keep insisting weed is safe, healthy, and natural.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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That the same actor who communicated infuriating brashness in Challengers and louche swindler energy in La Chimera is able to nail it with a character of such disarming sincerity in Dead Man is worthy of more than just passing notice.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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The romance scam began in July, when the elderly woman, based in Hokkaido, connected with the swindler on social media, AFP and Sky News reported.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Seemingly overnight, everyone knew Ned was a cheater.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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After the cheaters’ disqualification, the event proceeded without issue.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
17 Sep. 2025
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.—
Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
19 Feb. 2021
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Her character also has a fake handicapped license plate and cheats at golf.—
Brie Stimson , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Based on his residency, there are boricua elements, almost like cheat codes, that will likely be snuck into the performance.—
Cata Balzano,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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These changes will also usher in a shift in the way U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) handles customs and tariff enforcement, with both the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) laser focused on duty dodgers.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
30 July 2025
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Blue Jays Trade Rumors Reaching New Peak Read more Los angeles dodgers Sandy Alcántara Trade?—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
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From doing in-store meet-and-greets to literally kissing babies in Dyckman, her hustler’s spirit is what helped her sprint to a hefty 200k debut.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hanson garnered a reputation as a great team player, an all-around hustler, and someone with valuable connections to illicit drugs that would help players through pain.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Friends and neighbors worried that these rumors could attract dangerous young ruffians who might harm them and steal the money.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
15 Dec. 2024
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Then again, the fight scene did that on its own, sounding more refined than ruffian.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Sep. 2024
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“Gouger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gouger. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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