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[cheet] / tʃit /






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Searching for "secret information" that could help it cheat the evaluation, the OpenAI system "chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

You can flop, trick or cheat anytime you want, but only once, and then no one will do business with you again.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Vehicles from a host of major car manufacturers did not contain devices alleged to have allowed them to cheat on emissions tests, a judge at the High Court has ruled.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Steve Thomas said the Pip assessment process felt like "they're accusing you of trying to cheat the system"

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

She also kept a small notebook in which she wrote the hours she worked, so that el bosso wouldn’t cheat her on payday.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

He even cheats at golf, determined to “win” the game that most depends on personal integrity.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Mr. Firth’s team cheats, however, by using a handheld doohickey—a thingamabob—that controls minds, renders fire trucks invisible and can even restore electrical power.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

"People who got here last night have gone to the front, people who cut this morning, whoever cheats and pushes the hardest hits to front."

From Barron's May 16, 2026

If tax cheats want to lose money, that’s their problem.

From MarketWatch Apr. 18, 2026

But me, she knows that I don’t care about that guy, especially if he cheats on my cousin and is mean to her.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

The cheater is just as insecure, if not more, than the person who’s scared to get cheated on.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

"I was incredibly shocked and felt cheated," he said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The JPMorgan strategists did wonder if the AI chatbots cheated.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Last week, the Malaysian police said they have received 28 reports from individuals claiming they had been cheated while trying to secure tickets.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

They were a duke and duchess, very important and wealthy, who had been cheated out of their estate by a political enemy and thrown into prison.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

AI companies have reported that AI agents have been caught cheating, lying and deceiving.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Everyone seems to have formed their own opinion on the alleged cheating scandal enveloping Saltburn Cricket Club, and it's not hard to see why.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Protesters have been pushing for the resignation of India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, after this year’s undergraduate medical-school entrance exam was marred by allegations of cheating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

And Mr. Curtain wouldn’t erase Sticky’s memories just for cheating, would he?

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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