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dupe

[doop, dyoop] / dup, dyup /




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It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

"If you're buying a single-ingredient product then you're probably going to be okay in using a dupe or something which is quite low cost because there's very little that can go wrong," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Questions multiplied, but one seemed more elusive than the rest: How did a baby-faced novice from small-town California dupe some of academia’s brightest minds?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

He had researched the logos, signatures and even the type of paper licences were printed on to dupe the seller, who committed no offence.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

I was disgusted with myself for having let her dupe me.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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