sucker

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But they have now added strong away performances to their armoury, with a solid defensive display on Tuesday allowing Jens Petter Hauge and Hakon Evjen to dish out two sucker punches.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

“I’m a bit of a sucker for a challenge,” he told reporters at this week’s annual general managers meetings in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

“By the start of shooting on Monday, that sucker sank,” director and writer James Cameron, Landau’s longtime collaborator, wrote in the foreword to Landau’s new book.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

I’m a sucker for watermelon lemonade, which they do not offer, but I wasn’t deterred.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

Right now I felt like a great big sucker.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben