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verb

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Recent Examples of sucker
Noun
Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025 Yeah, that totally tastes like a green apple sucker. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 22 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
  • 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
  • The World Athletics website has live results and a full schedule for fans to keep up with.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This is part of a business model that has worked for TCU’s regular-season record, but increasingly frustrates fans who want to see a decent matchup in September.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Your press release isn’t fooling anyone.
    Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Replacing Nina with a woman who has the same initials as her is not going to fool us!
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There are things worse than cheating.
    Essence, Essence, 12 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
  • Staff are horology enthusiasts who understand movement, casebacks, complexity, and provenance.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These aftermarket ultra-high performance summer tires are an excellent choice for driving enthusiasts seeking to maximize grip in both dry and wet conditions (the fitment was 235/40R18—the factory stock size for the Civic Si).
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Genians suspects the Kimsuky group was able to develop a workaround, also known as jailbreak, to trick ChatGPT into creating the IDs.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But in reality, deepfakes are getting better and the threat industry has many years of experience in honing lures to trick people, playing on emotions and overcoming natural suspicions and objections.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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