as in wishes
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard
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Barker combines the monkey’s paw and Pygmalion myths in this story of a young man who wishes that his dream girl would fall in love with him.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026 -
In Curry Barker‘s Obsession, Bear (Michael Johnston) uses a One Wish Willow and wishes for his longtime crush, Nikki (Inde Navarrette), to love him more than anyone else in the world.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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Instead, Congress takes away a tax benefit or imposes a new tax on taxpayers with incomes above certain levels.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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So the states must find agreement before the federal government imposes one.—
Joel Mathis,
TheWeek,
20 May 2026
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Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Boiling water acts as a contact herbicide that inflicts thermal shock on the weeds' plant cells.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
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Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
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“Fobs off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobs%20off. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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