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Recent Examples of gull
Noun
Massive winter waves exploded against rocks, sea lions barked and squawking gulls joined the symphony. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024 One of the first predators newborn chicks must learn to evade are the gulls that circle overhead. Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
People will be gulled into coughing up their life savings, playing unwitting roles in scams, or joining toxic movements. Rob Reid, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023 The fantasy that the privileged are easily gulled has a powerful lure. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for gull 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gull
Noun
  • Or, as they are officially known, scorpion suckers.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Many gardeners do nothing but remove suckers from the base of the shrub or tree forms and entangled branches or limbs that may affect movement around the plants.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Don’t be fooled by its cheery name: Happy Face looks haunting.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 27 Jan. 2025
  • However, phishing is platform-agnostic, relying on fooling you, the user.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Charlie rarely speaks, only making clicking sounds, and was seen earlier in the film cutting the head off of a pigeon to make a kind of toy.
    Erica Marrison, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Colossal has established a flock of Nicobar pigeons, the dodo’s closest living relative, which will act as donors for primordial germ cells that will be genetically edited to have dodo characteristics.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Some even provide fake documents to help scammers deceive others.
    Ryan Nawrocki, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2025
  • On the other hand, disinformation is misleading or false information shared with the intent to deceive.
    Jill Hopke, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Gull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gull. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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