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Recent Examples of gull
Noun
The plant docks, once lined with boats and circled by fish-scavenging gulls, were empty. ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025 Few things can spoil a day at the beach — with the glorious waves, soaring sea gulls and shimmering sand — faster than an unpleasant bathroom. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
People will be gulled into coughing up their life savings, playing unwitting roles in scams, or joining toxic movements. Rob Reid, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023 The fantasy that the privileged are easily gulled has a powerful lure. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for gull
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gull
Noun
  • The Vulcan system consists of a conventional robotic arm with a custom spatula-like appendage for poking into a shelf and a sucker for grabbing items to pull them out.
    Will Knight, Wired News, 7 May 2025
  • At a time when the world seems increasingly divided into winners and losers, exploiters and suckers, Henry Johnson speaks with sardonic eloquence to our current moment in American life.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Don’t let the name fool you: Apple TV+’s new science-fiction series Murderbot isn’t actually about a rampaging robot killing everything in sight, though Alexander Skarsgard’s SecUnit certainly ponders the idea from time to time.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • One common jailbreak involved fooling ChatGPT by asking it to role-play as a different AI—one that had no rules and was allowed to write phishing e-mails.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • In one meme, a pigeon sits atop the famous WB water tower as white smoke billows from a chimney — a reference to the recent conclave to select a new pope.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC news, 14 May 2025
  • And, then, Ian Frazier takes a deep dive into the hazardous lives of New York City pigeons.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Life at the house seems more entertaining, but is that just a foolish fantasy designed to trick us into thinking that there is safe harbor somewhere?
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • Their goal is to trick people into sharing their Medicare or Social Security number.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Here's what to know about Rogers' execution, including who his victims were.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Television broadcasts around the world showed the bloodied bodies of the victims strewn across one of the city’s central squares, near the university.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • That hasn’t stopped Liverpool using him to distract and deceive opponents when free kicks are won, however.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 8 May 2025
  • She was also found guilty of deceiving other officials about the man's identity.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025

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“Gull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gull. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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