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sucker

[suhk-er] / ˈsʌk ər /


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Even among "other species with short little arms and a single sucker row, its colouration and smooth skin on the back surface separate it", she added.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The part of me that’s a sucker for goal-setting and self-transformation also wondered: What if, rather than reject the parenting canon, I were to embrace it?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

I was a sucker for mochi and figured that would cheer me up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

“I am an absolute sucker for the Brachiosaurus,” he says.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

I was about to log out when the sidebar ad changed from one that tried to sucker you into thinking that only a 99-inch television was acceptable when watching X-Factor to one about weed killer.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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