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noun

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Verb
  • Others cast blame, lie, and even cheat to avoid consequences.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Every woman is either a scorned wife, a cheating girlfriend, or a pretty young thing.
    Riann Phillip, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Smith, according to law enforcement, was basically playing three-card monte with wire transfers and bogus bank statements to help cover his high times and high-risk investments.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024
  • Or can one side be played as a sucker during a game of three-card monte on the sidewalk outside the dingy bus terminal?
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • Reusable Pizza Storage Container (5-Pack) This triangular container is way easier to squeeze into the fridge than a bulky pizza box.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Translated, the budget pressures that Fitch expects to continue squeezing higher education are coming from rising costs and stagnant public support and not necessarily from market retraction.
    Derek Newton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Our society is a pyramid scheme, with the young supporting the old.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a whole pyramid scheme of sorts, and there’s all these other parts of the book that didn’t fit into this story.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Idiosyncratic boutique hotels are sprouting up, too, complete with creature comforts and artwork plucked from booming art scenes.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Trump is plucking several House lawmakers to serve in his administration, creating vacancies that will be filled in April or beyond.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Rodney Phelps, of Somerset, was sentenced to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay a restitution of more than $2.4 million after involvement in a Ponzi scheme in 2020.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Among them were: Gregory McKnight, 64, of Swartz Creek, who 13 years ago pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a $72 million Ponzi scheme, a term used for soliciting investments and promising high returns and then failing to invest the funds and pay off investors.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On a special episode (first released on November 28, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Americans hustle.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • As the clock ticked on with under 30 seconds remaining, Williams hustled to get the offense set before throwing a pass as time expired which fell incomplete to Rome Odunze meaning the game was over and the Bears lost.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Venus Williams is not technically retired but the 44-year-old played just two matches early in the year and has largely hung up her racket.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • These racket sports’ lower barriers to entry and less crowded sponsorship environment give brands a chance to become early adopters at a lower cost, securing dominant visibility before the sports fully mature.
    Atte Suominen, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Thimblerig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thimblerig. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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