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The two men clashed in February after Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, a move that Stewart slammed on his show as uncritical and sycophantic.—
Miriam Waldvogel,
The Hill,
20 June 2025 -
Mental health experts warn that while most users are unaffected, a subset may be highly vulnerable to the chatbot's responsive but uncritical feedback, leading to emotional isolation or harmful decisions.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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To those of us who look to the Doctor to represent a kind of super-powered secular humanism, the show's credulous embrace of religion and superstition feels like a breach of contract with the viewer.—
Glen Weldon,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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On the mountainous island of Carpathia, somewhere in the Black Sea, the teenage Yuri (Helena Zengel) is being raised by her father Maxim (Willem Dafoe), a credulous, lonely man who lives to hunt the ochi.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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And find a way for your agent or a trustful intermediary to tell the Heat, too.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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Creating lasting, trustful relationships with clients takes patience, persistence, and a commitment to your values.—
Medhat Zaki,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024
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Being personally very gullible and constantly putting myself in the place of the audience was the key for me in directing this series.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word patsy apparently comes from the Italian name Patsy, short for Pasquale, which was used in vaudeville productions and early 20th-century slang to refer to a gullible or easily deceived individual.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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However, as with other recent crises, unrelated media from other fires has dropped into the online conversation, drawing in otherwise unsuspicious viewers.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Chemirmir, 49, quietly smothered elderly women, making their deaths look unsuspicious, and stole their jewelry, according to police and prosecutors in Dallas and Collin counties.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
25 Apr. 2022
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Vulnerability: Dependence on encryption methods makes our personal information susceptible to quantum attacks.—
Jackie Shoback,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Justin Strnad played a ton last year and mostly held up well, but relying on him and Cody Barton for a big chunk of last year after Singleton tore his ACL is part of what made the Broncos more susceptible in the middle of the field as the season went along.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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In a March incident, a Riverside man was arrested on suspicion of pulling over unsuspecting drivers.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Once the unsuspecting user calls the number, the scammers will pose as the brand to try and get the victim to hand over personal data or card details, or even enable remote access to their computer.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2025
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And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Biography Ellmann-style was left looking hopelessly naive in its effort to understand the work by understanding its writer’s life.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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“Overcredulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcredulous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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