dupe
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And Ms. Millonzi wisely avoids turning Roderigo into an overly whiny and dim dupe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Large language models are used to write convincing emails to dupe people out of their money, causing an eight-fold increase in complaints from older Americans as they lost $4.9 billion in online fraud in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
People should also watch out for scams, with criminals attempting to dupe taxpayers by purporting to be from HMRC.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
He could not be accused of being a dupe of the government or of having gone soft.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The co-founder of Apollo said he was duped by the man he hired as a financial adviser, according to remarks prepared for Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In Thailand, lawmakers are hearing a complaint by 126 fans who were duped by an offer to help them "wait in line" for tickets.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Zendaya had her fun with the AI pics and told the host that even her own loved ones had been duped by the fabricated photos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
A month later, Aguilar realized he was probably never going to get the residency cards and contacted an attorney who confirmed he had been duped.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
“No, I knew this valve wouldn’t work if I left a part out,” Orr answered, glowing with cranberry-red elation because he had just duped Yossarian again.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
In February, Kenya's foreign minister told the BBC that more than 600 recruitment agencies suspected of duping Kenyans with promises of jobs abroad had been closed.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
The agency, which protects consumers from unfair business practices, accused Amazon of duping people into automatically renewing their Amazon Prime subscriptions through “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Alongside developing a relationship with fans and duping them into thinking Fegan was real Tegan, Fegan crossed other boundaries with Tegan's personhood.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
Prosecutors accused him of duping investors after he failed to disclose that he was being paid by tech startup Servergy to recruit them.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2024
The entire food chain of intermediaries in the subprime mortgage market was duping itself with the same trick, using the foreshortened, statistically meaningless past to predict the future.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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