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dupe

[doop, dyoop] / dup, dyup /




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Perfetti: On our best day, we’re trying to dupe people into believing that it’s real life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The gang even made fake double yellow lines made from stickers to dupe police.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

His KGB contact, who believes him to be a double agent, raises the stakes by asking him for information on Faith—though she has encouraged Gabriel to accept Soviet payments to dupe the Russians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

But it was Heleen she’d wanted to dupe.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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