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malingerer

[muh-ling-ger-er] / məˈlɪŋ gər ər /


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“Ye’s lawyers called him a liar, a fraud, and a malingerer in court. His medical records, bank records, and personal family history were dissected, mocked, and vilified,” said attorney Ronald Zambrano in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Gudetama is a genderless, cartoon egg with a sad face and a shiny yellow butt; a burnout, a slacker, a malingerer, crushed under the weight of their own melancholy.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

It’s starting to make me feel like I’m a malingerer.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

It’s possible your soon-to-be brother-in-law isn’t a malingerer or a manipulator but in genuine distress and without a useful diagnosis.

From Slate • May 24, 2016

He is a malignant sort of simpleton, and though all the while joking in clumsy sympathy he supervises the evacuation of quarters with a sharp eye for the evasive malingerer.

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater




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