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as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a card shark
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a shark at calculus
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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business
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Recent Examples of shark
The veteran filmmaker touched down on the island last week to attend the Mediterrane Film Festival, which screened his latest film, the shark thriller Deep Water, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley.
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2026
On Tuesday, June 23, Parker Roll was bitten by an 8- to 10-foot shark 60 miles away from the shore, while swimming with his older brother, Jack.
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Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Their limited mobility is one of their defining characteristics, and individual sharks may spend their entire lives within an area measuring only a few hundred square meters.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In July 2025, an American man reported being on a boat with friends with his leg hanging over the side into the water when a shark bit him near Manjack Cay in the Abacos Islands.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2026
On Tuesday, June 23, Parker Roll was bitten by an 8- to 10-foot shark 60 miles away from the shore, while swimming with his older brother, Jack.
—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
Their limited mobility is one of their defining characteristics, and individual sharks may spend their entire lives within an area measuring only a few hundred square meters.
—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
In July 2025, an American man reported being on a boat with friends with his leg hanging over the side into the water when a shark bit him near Manjack Cay in the Abacos Islands.
—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark
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Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.
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But this should be guided and individualized by the right expert in terms of counseling and determining both the risks and benefits of sports based on the cardiac diagnosis and type of sport engaged in by the athlete.
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Sandy Baum, an expert in education finance with the Urban Institute, said the new loan limits are unreasonably low, but uncapped borrowing was a real problem and some restrictions are necessary.
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With no natural predators and the ability to breed year-round, their populations have exploded over the decades.
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Give bird feeders protection from predators; planting shrubs and dense hedges gives them places to hide.
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Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.
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And then Bobby is just a cheat code for comedy writers.
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For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era.
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Debate over the World War I-era killings, widely seen by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century, now collides with international accusations over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
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In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell.
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Taylor-Johnson starred as Friedrich Harding, a skeptic set in his belief that vampires don’t exist.
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While theology and ministry studies were designated as nonprofessional, the master of divinity degree often pursued by eventual pastors or ministers does retain professional status.
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In one mega master in San Antonio, Texas, out of the 175 cases ordered to appear before a judge one morning, about 40 people didn’t show up, said attorney Jessica Smith Bobadilla.
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Just two weeks after Bob Dylan guitarist Doug Lancio vanished from the tour and was replaced by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, Bob Britt — who has played guitar in Dylan’s band since 2019 — has apparently left the group as well.
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He was widely celebrated as a virtuoso who nurtured America’s economic well-being and whose nearly every utterance was parsed for clues as to where interest rates, the economy and the financial markets might be headed.
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shark. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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