dupe
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Before this season, savvy pitchers with expert command and dazzling spin had been able to dupe human umps into calling strikes on balls just off the plate, a time-honored tradition that had existed for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
More than a quarter of UK shoppers say they've bought a skincare or makeup dupe.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Questions multiplied, but one seemed more elusive than the rest: How did a baby-faced novice from small-town California dupe some of academia’s brightest minds?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
This type of asset is sometimes called a dupe or a useful idiot.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025
The Helena Independent called Rankin “a dagger in the hands of the German propagandists, a dupe of the Kaiser...a crying schoolgirl,” even though a majority of her constituents opposed the war.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing dupe
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