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spruced

verb

past tense of spruce

as in tricked

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In the past couple of years, deepfakes have already tricked large firms like Arup into wiring $25 million to scammers.

— Allyson Kapin, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
In September 2025, a judge dismissed the lawsuit, noting that consumers could still enjoy the treats even if they felt tricked by the wrappers.

— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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Like any good anecdote, it feels healthily embellished — Borges was doubtless a character, but is fashioned on the page into a Character — in ways that director Marc Turtletaub‘s enjoyable, good-natured screen adaptation appears to build upon.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Madison Avenue shops will soon be embellished with a different look — sketches and designs by CFDA student scholarship winners.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

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But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.

— Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
In contrast, lower-temperature smoldering wildfires release a different mix of compounds, but it is still enriched with toxic aromatic oxygenates and ammonia, which can irritate the respiratory system.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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Some of them will be only ameliorated or policed; others might be unsolvable in principle.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
According to the European Commission, the duty-free de minimis exemption was introduced in order to alleviate administrative burdens for customs authorities and businesses, but the digitalization of customs procedures has ameliorated that issue.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

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