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gull

[guhl] / gʌl /
VERB
cheat
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STRONG
be honest


NOUN
person easily deceived
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The lab report concluded that flying debris from the tail section mangled a great black-backed gull whose wing was found on a rooftop with other debris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The incident unfolded when the low-flying gull got caught in the path of a clearance kick by Istanbul Yurdum Spor's goalkeeper during an amateur playoff match against Mevlanakapi Guzelhisar, a club official told AFP Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

Earlier in 2024, scientists detected H5N1 in a kelp gull and two skuas that were found dead in January and February.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

McQuilkin said the struggling gull population reflects broader ecological problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

“I want you to work on this gull now,” he said.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Necropsies will be carried out on a variation of seabirds gathered from across the North East including eight guillemots, five herring gulls, a gannet and a pink-footed goose.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I used to vacation in a cabin on Narragansett Bay where I was typically awakened to a symphony of gulls and other birds; I’d often wondered if other jazz musicians saw possibilities in these sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their harmonies intertwine like two gulls in flight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In a recent expedition to Antarctica, new cases were discovered in Antarctic cormorants, kelp gulls, Adelie and gentoo penguins, and Antarctic fur seals, Neira told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Then the moment passed, and full and sudden he laughed louder than the calling gulls.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

And they are easily gulled by simple tricks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

It is inconceivable that none of them would have had contact with friends and relatives in the Philippines who might have been gulled by the American disinformation.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024

Ultimately, the company settled a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit by paying $200 million to 350,000 consumers who had been gulled by “Herbalife’s deceptive earnings claims” into signing on as Herbalife marketers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

An assassin prevented Americans from proving, by spurning Long’s presidential pretenses, that they were less easily gulled than Long assumed.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022

Provided we employ proper measures, they can be as easily gulled as the ignorant multitude; but we must suit the bait to the nature of the birds to be caught.”

From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston

The city alleged that Siemens had pulled a bait-and-switch, gulling the city into signing a contract lacking that hard-and-fast guarantee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

Documenting a lifetime spent gulling audiences and pursuing con men, the directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom have produced a jaunty, jovial portrait with a surprising sting in its tail.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2015

It also has the potential to massively chill free speech by gulling ISPs and websites into either pulling down totally legal material when faced with any sort of complaint, but also proactively policing free expression.

From Time ● Sep. 4, 2014

The diction was very poor, the gulling scenes rather disappointing for exactly the reasons Michael Billington outlines, and the whole thing could do with some serious cutting.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012

Friend Candidus, thou often doost demaund What humours men by gulling understand.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen


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