Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeler-dealers
Noun
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In a time when unemployment is on the rise and the rich are running amok and wreaking havoc on the poor — and the social services in place to support them — who doesn’t love the idea of rogue rascals sticking it to a bougie institution by running off with its crown jewels?—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
12 Nov. 2025 -
The former child actors have grown up since their go-kart derby days on-screen — some have even welcomed their own little rascals off-screen.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 Nov. 2025
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During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous.—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, the fox coaxed its tiny kits out of their den and led them on their first foray into the open.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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The foxes were moved to Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Peacock said.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Momentum hardens, vulnerabilities are exposed and the gap between contenders and pretenders is out in the open.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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With the monetary system in a free-fall, some Iranians would rather have a beneficent king than all these pretenders oh-so-interested in the people.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To tell the truly venomous from the fakers, there are a couple details to help distinguish the two.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Wheeler-dealers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeler-dealers. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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