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cheat

[cheet] / tʃit /






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Here is a last-minute cheat sheet covering key races in Los Angeles and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Here’s a cheat sheet for sorting it all out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But if Aurich routinely gives the Crimson the most stressful practice tests in football, he also slips them the most valuable cheat sheet in the Ivy League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“And agents that cheat and succeed have cheating reinforced.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the front of the room, munching rather loudly on an apple, the test administrator was keeping a close eye on them to ensure they didn’t cheat.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Villa supporters provided constant reminders to the travelling fans of their side being "cheats", and the vitriol faced following the guilty verdict of the financial charges may be beginning to weigh on the players' minds.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The move, orchestrated by Everett to satisfy the demands of the company’s top-dollar backers, cheats Michael out of his stock options and equity in the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Julie Su, Mamdani’s deputy mayor for economic justice, referenced Shorris’s experience going after tax cheats as an example of the kind of work that fits into the mayor’s agenda for economic justice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

In other words, they’re not just culinary cheats.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

‘Wicked masster cheats us; cheats Sméagol, gollum. He musstn’t go that way. He musstn’t hurt Preciouss. Give it to Sméagol, yess, give it to us! Give it to uss!’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Their relationship ended because he cheated on her repeatedly, she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Just two days before “WGIA” dropped and during rehearsals for her Coachella set, Slayyyter found out she had been cheated on by her then-boyfriend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The video alleging the Patriots may have cheated on field goals.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

“A lot of people say, ‘Well, he’s got baggage, he cheated on his wife.’

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

I don’t usually wish ill on people, but part of me hopes that Benefo won’t be an exception to the roster of those cheated by Nansi.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

"That's because people don't like cheating, even when their own team wins."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

"The ministry will seek criminal charges against students caught cheating with smart glasses" in the future, Lee Joon-hyuk, an education ministry official, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Another marriage stemming from the great “Good Morning America” cheating scandal of 2022 is imminent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

But when does it cross a line from being acceptable to unethical, or even cheating?

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Turned out he’d been cheating folks for years, shorting their coffins and burial plots by six inches to a foot while charging full price.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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