fudge
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Internet phone wholesalers often operate across dozens of obscure international markets, and sell an intangible service—minutes of call traffic—that is easy to fudge on invoices and tax documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
While the ex-love of my life was back with her ex-beau in Michigan enjoying Mackinac Island fudge, I was ready to bury all regret and rethink my vow over a fruitless bowl of steel-cut oats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
One waste analyst described the solution as a "fudge".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Maybe, as perhaps started last week, it will be a Magnificent Seven missing earnings, even by a penny, and investors start thinking, “If they can’t fudge a penny to hit the quarter, look out below.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Below the glass counter at his waist were trays of more plump samosas, and what looked like pale, diamond-shaped pieces of fudge covered with foil, and some bright orange pastries floating in syrup.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
During a January debate of candidates hoping to fill Nancy Pelosi’s set, Mr. Wiener fudged the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Or, a cynic might say, the real inflation figures are easily fudged.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
President Joe Biden had slightly fudged that line, Green says.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
They simply plugged in the numbers they could easily find, fudged the rest and threw it on a poster board.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
This did not mean that we were necessarily wrong—with luck the extra water might be fudged into vacant regions on the periphery of our helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
So I think it’s fudging a little if you pick up all the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
He kept dodging and fudging, saying there was something written or that maybe he’d reviewed some written material, but he wouldn’t use the words declination memo.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
From there, it was a matter of fudging size and distance with a life-size TV tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Gershkovich interviewed medical students forced to treat infected patients and statisticians who were concerned the state was fudging Russia's case numbers.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
Look at the concentration in her face, judging the angle, never fudging a shot, taking each nettle with inhuman precision.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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