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In total, there were at least 42 plots to assassinate Hitler, according to historian Roger Moorhouse in his book “Killing Hitler: The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

Cheated, because when you’re pregnant you are bombarded with instructions that are supposed to prevent this very thing.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2020

Q. Cheated on: I am a twentysomething lesbian; my girlfriend, “Amy,” is a twentysomething as well.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019

Cheated out of a paycheck, an angry Jackson headed to Washington to collect but was captured by the Confederate army and held in jail, Godfrey said.

From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2012

Cheated of their intended victim, the sparrows flew off, chirping bad-temperedly.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques