unsuspecting
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With every highly publicized IPO, there will be scams aimed at getting unsuspecting outsiders “in” on the IPO before its first day of trading.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
In those movies, as an unsuspecting bride thrust into a life-or-death situation, she appealingly balanced a convincing physical performance with an understated comedic streak, her beleaguered character enduring one absurdity after another.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Inadequate Home Office checks are allowing them to do so on the basis of little evidence, while their unsuspecting British partners have had their lives turned upside down by the false accusations, lawyers said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
You get the best look at his charisma when Elvis targets his energy at an unsuspecting back-up singer in the middle of “Suspicious Minds.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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