as in passing off
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me
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Williams and Storrie, both in official white, pink and yellow fits, had their own moment as torchbearers, with Williams passing off the flame to Storrie.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Jan. 2026 -
In the video, Prince Louis, the youngest son of Prince William and Princess Kate, can be seen holding the toy, before passing off the beaver masquerading as Santa Claus to his father.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Dec. 2025
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Anyone wishing to be a vendor at one of the Chicago CASE markets must apply annually, and must be a producer or creator of natural and handmade goods.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Most of the calls were short messages wishing him congratulations, but Vitello quickly learned La Russa intended this connection to be more than that.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Most of them were in the South, where weekend blasts of freezing rain caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, inflicting crippling outages on northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Most of the outages were in the South, where weekend blasts of freezing rain caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, inflicting crippling outages on northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a settlement with McCourt — and to avoid the risk of the judge imposing a deal less favorable to the league — MLB agreed the fair-market value of a Dodgers TV deal would be based on the very Fox deal that Selig had rejected.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The fire and brimstone nature of both fixtures, played in potentially imposing and intimidating stadiums, carries the risk of heightening the level of a player’s tension, in turn hindering their concentration or ability to follow a plan.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Palming off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palming%20off. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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