cheat
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Flynn canceled his flight to Mexico and extolled the justice system that he had been ready to cheat as a fugitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Weigh those cons against the things AI has reliably proven it can do – cheat on homework and write janky code – and it’s easy to understand Sanders’ urge to stand and yell “stop!”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sasha Rand, 14, took her pink travel mahjong set to Camp Nock-a-Mixon, near Allentown, Penn., armed with a cheat sheet so the newbies could easily see which suits go together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Past findings produced by Wada suggest micro-dosing could evade detection methods, and so the scope to cheat in professional sport remains, meaning all efforts must be taken to ensure nobody beats the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
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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
Its focus is more on providing its users with enhanced privacy and security than unblocking streaming sites or enabling video game latency cheats.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
Ebony says to be careful of liars and cheats and to always respect children.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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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
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
But this was not an issue over whether he deliberately cheated.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Like I said, he was not one to let go of a grudge, and several years back Mr. Clem had cheated him in a land deal.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Her love life proves to be as evanescent as her artistic medium; when the novel begins, Tor learns that her boyfriend, Andreas, is cheating on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Another negative was lingering suspicion over the 2015 diesel scandal, when Volkswagen admitted to cheating on U.S. emissions tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I begin to wonder what business he’s in, and if it’s all about cheating people but making them think they’re not being cheated.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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