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verb

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Recent Examples of sucker
Noun
In the clips filmed by the animal, its suckers are clearly visible, moving around near the lens. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025 Southerners are suckers for cities on the water, and the charming community of Stuart, Florida, is abundantly blessed on that front. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
Some guy walks out of nowhere and sucker punches you. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2022 The focus has mainly been on spam bots that harass users or try to sucker them into scams, often related to cryptocurrency. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sucker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker
Noun
  • He was often portrayed as a DOGE patsy, perhaps even a fool.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The problem is that any Fed governor who agrees with him risks looking like a patsy, according to UBS’s Paul Donovan.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • This is the same lineup, full of younger and mostly unproven players, that has kept the Rangers on the fringe of the wild card spot, a point of irritation among fans.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of her biggest, most vocal fans, Ariana Grande, presented the pop legend with the honor.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hurricanes explained by Ginger Zee Don't be fooled by the lack of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In June 2009, Kate filed for divorce following cheating allegations surrounding Jon.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the space of less than two weeks, the Boston Red Sox have gone from chumps to, if not champs, at least contenders.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • But even after a solid win like this, the Yankees did more chump stuff on the bases.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The conspiracy flavor enters when enthusiasts argue that establishment science or industry suppressed a cheap, clean power source.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now the abductees are required to trick others in turn.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the hacking campaigns Proofpoint analyzed, cybercriminals attempted to trick users into downloading and installing Stealerium as an attachment or a web link, luring victims with typical bait like a fake payment or invoice.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of hustling for one-day bookings, Patel engineered a system where one client often meant three to five events—maximizing return and loyalty.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Farnaz Farjam, one of the show’s executive producers, told Deadline that the production hustled to find a way to capture all three elements.
    Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Sucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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