as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
a confidence man in search of another pigeon
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Recent Examples of pigeon
The palatial, cortijo-style main house, with its own chapel and 17th-century stone tower, is a pleasure palace with a pool, frontón court, stables, clay-pigeon shooting platform—and nearly 30 acres of orange and olive trees.
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Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Accompanied by his mother (my great-grandmother), Ripley traveled to this area to collect rare specimens, including birds of paradise, crowned pigeons, pheasants, and storks.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
In the early stages of the game, a pigeon decided to settle on the netting of the Algeria goal.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The crinkling sound of foil unwrapping scared the pigeons, which flew to the other side of the dusty lot.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
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Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Accompanied by his mother (my great-grandmother), Ripley traveled to this area to collect rare specimens, including birds of paradise, crowned pigeons, pheasants, and storks.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
In the early stages of the game, a pigeon decided to settle on the netting of the Algeria goal.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
The crinkling sound of foil unwrapping scared the pigeons, which flew to the other side of the dusty lot.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigeon
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Heading into the 2026 election cycle, predicting a Republican candidate winning the California governorship would have seemed like a sucker’s bet in the heavily Democratic state.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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These forces—economic uncertainty, political division, and toxic algorithms—work in a vicious cycle to try and tell us that empathy is weakness… that kindness is gullibility… that sincerity is for suckers.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Rescuers continued to search for victims on the third day since the catastrophe began late Monday, causing floods, landslides, collapsed houses and shuttered schools.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Children ages 3 and younger were most often the victims of fatal child abuse in Illinois between 2015 and 2022, according to a sobering new report out of Northwestern University.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The tortoises reintroduced to Floreana will share their territory with a diverse population of nearly 200 people alongside flamingos, iguanas, penguins, sea gulls and hawks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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That’s when mats unfurl, gulls offer commentary, and the Atlantic provides the soundtrack.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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Massachusetts citizens are not patsies with wallets.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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The same prime minister who exaggerates his power is also fine with being portrayed as the patsy of more influential actors.—
Aluf Benn,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigeon. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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