Thesaurus results for FOBBING OFF

fobbing off

verb

present participle of fob off

as in wishing

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard

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The Braves lost to the Twins, 4-2, in the series opener, a game delayed 51 minutes because of inclement weather and then began with an opening frame that probably had Braves faithful wishing there’d been a lengthier postponement.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Why this specific era The pre-digital pull described above—60% wishing for a time before constant connectivity—points toward an era before the internet, not necessarily this one specifically.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of wishing

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In recent days, the White House has turned from threatening attacks to imposing sanctions.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The Savannah City Council is poised to join several other municipal and county governments along the I-95 corridor in imposing a 155-day moratorium on large data center developments.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, the department said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inflicting

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In academia, there is no greater sin than passing off another’s work as one’s own.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
People are passing off workslop to their colleagues, accusing each other of lazy AI use, picking fights over who's smarter than AI and punting questions from their direct reports.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of passing off

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