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Recent Examples of manipulative
Since turning heel earlier this year, Cena has been a vicious and manipulative champion.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
For some, the sad parts of this movie were cheap and manipulative, but just like his comedy, Sandler likes his emotions big.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Later that night, her mother confronted her angrily, accusing her of being manipulative and intentionally making things awkward.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 28 July 2025
He was accused of grooming and manipulative behavior when the victim was less than 18 years old.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
For some, the sad parts of this movie were cheap and manipulative, but just like his comedy, Sandler likes his emotions big.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Later that night, her mother confronted her angrily, accusing her of being manipulative and intentionally making things awkward.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 28 July 2025
He was accused of grooming and manipulative behavior when the victim was less than 18 years old.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
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These emails are loaded with deceptive links that lead to malware infections, and the consequences can be severe.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Match Group, the parent company of Match.com, Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and PlentyOfFish, has agreed to pay $14 million to settle a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about deceptive advertising practices.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
13 Aug. 2025
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However, The Baroness’ overprivileged high societal tendencies — as well as deceitful measures — soon cause friction among the small group on an island, leading to mysterious disappearances of some of them and murders of others.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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This newsletter, Translating Politics, was created to help readers sift through Donald Trump’s always chaotic and often deceitful rhetoric during his second term as president.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The House Democratic campaign arm released its own statement, calling Republicans hypocritical on the issue.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
12 Aug. 2025
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But another may be a sense that Western nations are being hypocritical.—
Salil Tripathi,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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Imagine the naïve mind of a 16-yer old being manipulated by the devious, nefarious, and exceptionally skillful political strategists who are backed by countless billions of bucks.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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This comedic musical tale about ambition, love, family and devious murder plots will have playgoers gasping with laughter and reveling in its lively, imaginative score, a news release stated.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Köhler specializes in cunning, tonally surprising films about cross-cultural disconnection, and Gavagai is his most ambitious and expansive film yet—a pinpoint-accurate account of moral crises and social biases, modern and ancient, internal and external.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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But as the supervisors tweaked the incentives, a new form of cunning arose.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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The radio-wavelength image shows that the black hole’s jet is not straight, but is crooked with three distinct bends.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In one image, Scales, who had won a Military Cross for his bravery at the front, wears a crooked grimace that suggests recent anguish.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The offense never got on track, and the disappointment was only intensified when it was discovered that Houston used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage on opponents that season.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
17 Aug. 2025
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Real-Life Vince McMahon Confrontation As the new Undisputed WWE Champion, Cena has embraced his villainous side, retaining his title against stars like Randy Orton by using cheap shots and underhanded tactics.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Manipulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulative. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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