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cheat

[cheet] / tʃit /






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That would mean not handing the alliance’s prime adversary a potential cheat code on the West’s best military aircraft technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

“When I think about what’s most important in college, it is learning to think through things. My deepest fear about this technology is that it is allowing students cheat codes to avoid thinking things through.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

But the European Union unlocked one potential cheat code by promising voluntary guidelines to manage video games' "end of life".

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

“They’re learning that people who don’t cheat are suckers.”

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

“Did Rhonda offer to help you cheat on the test?”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 18, 2026

Meanwhile Theo sees aerial action on D-Day and cheats death.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Even in its most robust days, the IRS couldn’t “prosecute everyone who cheats on their taxes,” he says.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 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

Freya said feeling monitored had cheated her out of the carefree night life Millennials enjoyed growing up.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Although receipt of the letter does not indicate that someone definitively cheated, an unspecified number of cases have been referred to district attorneys for prosecution, the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The JPMorgan strategists did wonder if the AI chatbots cheated.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

He told the Journal he began the conversation by “coming clean,” telling Regan he had cheated his clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 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

The spokesperson said that through “routine internal monitoring,” the department identified patterns in driver knowledge test results indicating that “some individuals may have attempted to circumvent the testing process using various cheating methods.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

He was then very confused when he received the warning letter last month and initially thought that the DMV had suspected him of cheating because he completed the test very quickly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The body said it had found Kramnik "responsible for multiple violations" of its ethics and disciplinary code after the Russian accused other players of cheating.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Consider cheating: You aren’t supposed to, but I packed a couple of books, albeit unexciting ones about Buddhist philosophy and nature.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Mama said it was because he used to buy flour from a man who Papa suspected was cheating him.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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