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Fielder asks Evans whether he worried early on that Holmes might be conning him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

How do I set it up to help protect his assets from possibly someone who is conning him?

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

Too many players conning the ref trying to get advantage, in particular players going down holding face or head when never touched.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Yet it was this exact determination—to build power in an inherently flawed system—that turned him into the conning strategist he became.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

It also had two watertight hatches for entering and leaving the vessel, one at the front and another at the rear, and two short conning towers equipped with small portholes.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler


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