palmed

past tense of palm
as in wished
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers

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Recent Examples of palmed The result was the same — chaos in the six-yard box that restricted Altay Bayindir, who palmed the ball straight onto Calafiori’s forehead. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • Others criticized his remarks but wished him well.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The woman wanted to know whether the family wished to move forward with the process if Black died, Payne said.
    Cara Anthony, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Chambers’ defense attorney, Abram Genser, argued any injuries Chambers may have inflicted were not life-threatening, and Dadkhah died instead of a brain bleed caused by excessive methamphetamine use.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Young Palestinians, particularly those under age 5, are especially vulnerable in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has imposed restrictions on the entry of aid throughout the war, at times shutting crossings entirely.
    Pablo Robles, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, there’s already a battle in Los Angeles over the $30 wage for workers at hotels and other hospitality businesses imposed by the city council.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Palmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palmed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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