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as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a card shark
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a shark at calculus
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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business
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Recent Examples of shark
And like his Australian predecessor, running around in a tunic and attacking everything from ginormous human opponents to a killer menagerie (baboons, rhinos, and sharks, oh my!) suits him.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
While never approaching the emotional impact of the Russell Crowe-led original epic, Scott brings the busy sequel (sharks and even an irritable rhino gets thrown in the mix) to gory, excessive CGI heights.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Indiana's natural fluoride:What do shark teeth have to do with Indiana's groundwater?
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The looks varied from a person drowning while copying Houdini’s water torture trick to someone being run over by a car to someone being eaten by a shark.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
While never approaching the emotional impact of the Russell Crowe-led original epic, Scott brings the busy sequel (sharks and even an irritable rhino gets thrown in the mix) to gory, excessive CGI heights.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Indiana's natural fluoride:What do shark teeth have to do with Indiana's groundwater?
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The looks varied from a person drowning while copying Houdini’s water torture trick to someone being run over by a car to someone being eaten by a shark.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark
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While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024
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Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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Follow-Up Breast Cancer Imaging Costs Deter People From Getting Care, Study Finds Addressing Disparities and Reducing Breast Cancer Mortality To ultimately close these gaps in breast cancer mortality, experts say there are a number of systemic changes that need to happen.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 30 Nov. 2024
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What experts are finding is that the cost of a particular number of tokens is dropping at breakneck speed, at least partly because of big new models in LLM engineering.John Werner, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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This strategic approach allows easier access to critical organs, particularly the liver, which is rich in lipids and nutritionally important for the predators.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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The footprints are the first physical proof that different hominin species overlapped in exactly the same time and space, dodging predators and finding food in the ancient landscape, according to the study.Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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These podcasts often target users searching for pirated ebooks, audiobooks or game cheats.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the nation, thousands of construction industry tax cheats fail to pay their workers fair living wages and rarely provide medical coverage, while also failing to pay federal, state, and local taxes, overtime, and workers’ compensation benefits.William C. Sproule, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
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Monica Sanders is an attorney, scholar, and writer focused on sustainability, climate justice, and emerging resilience technologies.Monica Sanders, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Frazer contacted a scholar, Susan Weininger, who had written two books about Abercrombie.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
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Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok is more a Romanian folk vampire — decayed but still quite libidinous — than suave, past aristocrats limned by Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee.Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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Skarsgard’s character was never named, but Shadows has a tradition of bringing back famous vampires from movies and TV shows.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
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Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
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There’s no master list of the year’s on-screen chemistry; but if there were, the trio of Martindale, Diamantopoulos, and Cyr would absolutely deserve a spot.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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The company also leveled up its wine program by partnering with master sommelier Andrea Robinson.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shark. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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