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verb

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Recent Examples of sucker
Noun
Train yourself to look for growth that should be removed, such as tomato suckers and low-growing tomato branches, excess dahlia foliage, and tangled thyme. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025 The little suckers will ingest this and die. Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 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
  • Slightly, meanwhile, targets Joe as his patsy to smuggle a Xenomorph embryo out of Prodigy, still resentful that Wendy’s family is here safely while his mother is far away and being threatened by Morrow.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • He was often portrayed as a DOGE patsy, perhaps even a fool.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Grealish, no longer prone, headed, just like Moyes, to the South Stand and appeared to blow a kiss to adoring fans.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The paddock was filled with drivers and engineers working together while surrounded by fans watching closely.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Super blue moons can also occur, but don’t be fooled by the name.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But don't let the name fool you — this Matlock isn't a straight remake of the '80s legal drama starring Andy Griffith.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While a single-digit decline in real terms, a $4 billion loss is neither chump nor Trump change for any shareholders.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The changing of the leaves draws nature enthusiasts, often called leaf-peepers, to see the bright colors from Hudson Valley, New York to Boulder, Colorado, and Snoqualmie Valley, Washington.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These voters are chefs and food media professionals, and also food enthusiasts who follow the latest restaurants simply for pleasure.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Malware has evolved to target macOS more aggressively than ever and many attacks now rely on tricking users rather than breaking through security software.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Teoscar Hernández chooses the right time to hustle No one has felt the highs and lows of this series quite like Hernández, whose defensive gaffe in the second inning of Game 1 exacerbated the Dodgers’ early deficit and whose bat lifted them to a 5-3 victory that night.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Viral videos captured federal officers arresting people and hustling them into unmarked vehicles.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Sucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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