dummy

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Prosecutors allege Liaw orchestrated a scheme to bypass Super Micro’s compliance, diverting $510 million in servers to China and staging dummy servers for inspectors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

For example, photos included in the indictment show the use of a hair dryer to move serial numbers to boxes of nonworking, replicated dummy servers in an attempt to mislead the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

There was the safety dummy that was misappropriated by impatient commuters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Sure enough, Mrs. O’Leary was curled up in an enormous black furry mound in the middle of the stadium, chewing halfheartedly on the head of a warrior dummy.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan