Example Sentences

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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 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

Contributed by @MotherJones Doctors Cheated on Exams, CNN Doctors have been cheating on radiology board exams for years, memorizing test questions and passing them on to future exam-takers.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2012

The kids keep throwing incredible shapes, and the skittery heartbreak-garage of U Cheated by Deadboy is cued up – Deadboy is another hotly tipped signing to the Numbers label.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2010

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques