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rook

[rook] / rʊk /


VERB
cheat
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
be honest give


Example Sentences

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Criticks, do your worst, that here are met; For, like a Rook, I have hedged in my Bet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

This isn’t the first time this kind of attitude has followed Ishii’s attachment to a game; last year, they were one of the voice options for Rook, the lead character in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2025

John Martin, who worked with Ms Rook for about a decade before she set up her charity, said the news of her death was "devastating".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

Thanks to the late Ian Holm’s face being digitally superimposed over that of Daniel Betts, we’re primed to recognize that Rook is up to no good.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

The inherent telepathy that made us such a good team at soccer/non-American football helped us with Rook too.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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