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as in dodgers
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a card shark
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as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a shark at calculus
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as in predators
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 sharks
Here, a plane crash in treacherous waters leads to survivors fending off sharks.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Weisberg clarified there were three sharks total.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026
Players in the water and sharks attack.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Thrash focuses on a coastal town that gets ravaged by a Category 5 storm, leading to the arrival of hungry sharks.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
There do not seem to be sharks circling.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Ostriches, for example, are highly resistant to viruses, while sharks rarely develop cancer.
—Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Army veteran Naomi Sawyer can go under the sea with sharks.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Twenty-nine were classified as provoked, including incidents involving fishing, handling sharks or attempting to touch them.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Weisberg clarified there were three sharks total.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026
Players in the water and sharks attack.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Thrash focuses on a coastal town that gets ravaged by a Category 5 storm, leading to the arrival of hungry sharks.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
There do not seem to be sharks circling.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Ostriches, for example, are highly resistant to viruses, while sharks rarely develop cancer.
—Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Army veteran Naomi Sawyer can go under the sea with sharks.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Twenty-nine were classified as provoked, including incidents involving fishing, handling sharks or attempting to touch them.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharks
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Discover four lake retreats currently for sale with the luxury brokerage, and get in touch with their experts to see more.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Any benefit cuts, experts say, would more likely affect younger workers, those many years from retirement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Mammoth remains round out the picture of an island once home to apex predators and massive herbivores sharing a landscape virtually unrecognizable to anyone walking through modern Taiwan.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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The island’s ecology shifted, and the loss of those apex predators left a gap that persists to this day.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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Experts have already noted that Section 122 was designed to address balance-of-payments deficits, a condition legal scholars argue does not currently exist in the manner the statute requires.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Jason Harris, who serves as the associate dean for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at Purdue, stated that the experience provided by the Alpha-E equips students with the technical skills necessary for the evolving energy sector.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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And all the vampires that Buffy buried in the show’s 2003 series finale, when the Hellmouth collapsed in on itself, taking Sunnydale down with it, have been awakened.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her character inherited the mission of destroying vampires and other demons from her town of Sunnydale, which was built on a gateway to the realm of the demons.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Plus, its collection extends into ancient Greek and Roman art, Asian art spanning thousands of years, and pieces by modern masters such as Picasso, Matisse, and Dalí.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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And study the professionals and masters of photography, such as Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ansel Adams.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2026
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He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Sharks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharks. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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