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Recent Examples of gull
Noun
People are talking about the storm while the gulls gorge on bread and peck at chicken bones. Deborah Levy, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The lowered sun was in our eyes, catching at dark patches that might be her, that might be gulls. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
We will not be gulled by the frauds and falsehoods of the Kremlin’s apologists. Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024 In reality, Daniels is irresponsibly leading the easily gulled and distracted away from the real problem. John Tamny, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gull
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gull
Noun
  • Remove any shoots and suckers that appear on the trunk or near the roots, and get rid of crossing or dead branches.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Fresno was the right sparring partner at the wrong time, a sucker that rolled into Canvas three weeks too late.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Rolling Stone has previously reported, bogus images of classic rockers in hospitals or singing at the graves of other rockers have flooded the internet — fooling some fans in the process and provoking laughs in just as many.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ultimately, the quarterback fooled the Raiders and proceeded to take the snap and get the Chiefs a first down.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To this day, the cooing and mutter of pigeons can lull me into a space of deep enjoyment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Scientists tested more than 300 combinations of growth factors, small molecules, and metabolites to develop the cells of Nicobar pigeons, the closest relative to the dodo.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe not that play exactly, just the fact USC would try to trick Notre Dame because the Trojans weren’t going to beat them conventionally.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Poor Rosemary is tricked by those closest to her through what is quite literally a hellish pregnancy, culminating in an unforgettable ending and an enduring performance from a wide-eyed Farrow.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Remoteness draws the witness — or victim — forward and into the circle of the predator’s personality.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite being deceived, Stone, who dated Garfield for four years, conceded that the actor's dedication to the secret was honorable.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That’s 14 years of dreaming, dissolving, romanticizing, escaping, and sometimes deceiving ourselves.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Gull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gull. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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