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noun

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Recent Examples of rogue
Adjective
The complaints centered on practices by rogue brokers who enrolled or switched coverage for consumers without their express knowledge. Julie Appleby, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025 And what happened is these rogue regimes and terrorist organizations have taken advantage of it. Nbc News, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
The supporting roles are nicely done, encompassing a small gallery of low-echelon rogues. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025 One of my rogue’s potential moves is a quick attack, then gaining strength by picking up nearby gold. ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rogue
Adjective
  • The Act provides market players and investors additional mechanisms and avenues to seek redress and curb fraudulent digital asset activities.
    Abubakar Nur Khalil, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Back in the mid-1990s, when The Net was among the top box office draws and Americans were just starting to flock online in droves, kids had to swipe their parents' credit cards or find a fraudulent number online to access adult content on the web.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Grizzlies were a gritty team by nature, and Brooks was indeed a villain.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • With its ability to grow through asphalt and structural material, survive up to 20 years in total darkness and uproot the foundation of homes, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) could be the villain in a horror movie.
    Martha Proctor, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The women screamed as the playful monkey swept in and struck his pose.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • And recent studies have highlighted the beat-keeping capabilities of other mammals, such as monkeys and rats.
    Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Without resources or expertise to vet influencers properly, these companies become vulnerable to deceptive practices.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • In 2022, the California DMV sued Tesla, saying the company engaged in deceptive marketing and advertising practices around its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Then comes the arrival of General Zod and his two primary compatriots – a warrior woman and a silent hulking brute – who do battle with Superman around the city, causing much destruction and threatening the life of Lois Lane and her Daily Planet coworkers.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Precious few bands can fill a stadium 52 years into their career — let alone play to an audience heavily populated by parents and their children, both generations sporting red devil horn headbands and cheering for 77-year-old singer Brian Johnson and white-haired guitar icon Angus Young, 70.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Evans' latest film, Havoc, stars Tom Hardy as Walker, an unsavory fixer tasked with protecting the son of real estate tycoon Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker) after the kid stumbles into a plot involving the Yakuza, crooked cops, and other assorted goons.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Rooker plays Steve, a crooked detective with a ruthless streak who holds the key to Hammer’s only weakness.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Remmick is a monster, but his homeland was colonized by some of the same rapacious forces that brought the twins’ ancestors to America.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
  • From being at arguably the most prestigious high school program to arguably the most historic college football program at Alabama to walking into the media and entertainment monster that is the Dallas Cowboys, Booker will have a leg up on anyone else walking onto a big stage for the first time.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Rogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rogue. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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