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Recent Examples of sucker
Noun
These stems, called suckers, are a different variety than the top growth and will have different flowers, as well as drawing energy and resources away from the main plant. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 Whatever the color, your boy Ethan Hunt is gonna hang on that sucker for dear life because he’s got things to do and a world to save yet again. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Despite the emails, despite Ivanka’s ludicrous public lies in order to sucker new buyers, then–District Attorney Cyrus Vance axed the investigation—a move that just happened to coincide with a substantial donation to his office from none other than Donald Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2020 Some guy walks out of nowhere and sucker punches you. Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sucker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker
Noun
  • Today’s Wordle Etymology The word patsy apparently comes from the Italian name Patsy, short for Pasquale, which was used in vaudeville productions and early 20th-century slang to refer to a gullible or easily deceived individual.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • Harry and Kev are anxiously awaiting word from Richie, who was last seen torturing the patsy that was set up to take the fall for Tommy's murder.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • About 75 members of the group will perform in the coming week at three churches in Broward County before taking a summer break and then inviting fellow music lovers to audition in August.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
  • In just a few days, Morgan Wallen's inaugural Sand in My Boots festival will be underway on the beaches of the Gulf Shores, Alabama, bringing country music lovers together for fun in the sun.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Don’t let the name fool you: Apple TV+’s new science-fiction series Murderbot isn’t actually about a rampaging robot killing everything in sight, though Alexander Skarsgard’s SecUnit certainly ponders the idea from time to time.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • One common jailbreak involved fooling ChatGPT by asking it to role-play as a different AI—one that had no rules and was allowed to write phishing e-mails.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Custom Container Living View 8 Images Custom Container Living has transformed a shipping container into an ultra-compact tiny house that squeezes a home for two into just 160 sq ft (14.8 sq m).
    Adam Williams May 08, New Atlas, 8 May 2025
  • Officials hope that increased lending and spending will help ease deflationary pressures that have dragged down prices, squeezed company profits, and weakened consumer confidence.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Jobs emerged in an era when the cost of coordination was high and the tools for distributing tasks were limited.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • There’s no one tool that’s gonna work for the duration.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • But Yang will clear up another SNL season 50 mystery that fans also spotted during a recent goodnights segment.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 22 May 2025
  • Holland now hosts Survivor watch parties and other fan events with season 28 player Brice Izyah Johnston.
    Ale Russian, People.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Life at the house seems more entertaining, but is that just a foolish fantasy designed to trick us into thinking that there is safe harbor somewhere?
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • Their goal is to trick people into sharing their Medicare or Social Security number.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Brunson ultimately aligned himself with fan-favorite LA Knight after Haliburton tried helping Paul to cheat during the match by giving him brass knuckles.
    Jason Jones, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • But death in the Final Destination movies has a way of coming for those who cheat their fate, and in this case, the grim reaper wants the survivors of the Skyview disaster and their blood relatives.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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