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cheater

[chee-ter] / ˈtʃi tər /


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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba said he is "not a cheater" but accepted responsibility for the failed doping test that led to a ban.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

"This is not me, I'm not a cheater," Pogba told Sky Sports.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Frey’s testimony, as well as recordings of phone calls between her and Peterson, helped paint Peterson as a liar and a cheater in the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

“Only time will tell, but like the saying always goes, once a cheater, always a cheater,” she continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

If those classrooms held their gains while the classrooms with a suspected cheater lost ground, the cheating teachers could hardly argue that their students did worse only because the scores wouldn’t count.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

He has called rival head coaches cheaters by name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nvidia pays big for Hugging Face, bond yields continue to rise, and Kalshi and the NBA give two big cheaters the boot.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Those changes include trying to deal with the cheaters and "bots" - machines pretending to be players to level up characters without effort - and doing something almost unthinkable in modern games.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

“People, unfortunately, have turned into thieves, liars and cheaters, and I don’t know what’s happened to the world, but we’ve lost our way to be kind.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

In addition to detecting cheaters, the algorithm could also identify the best teachers in the school system.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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