I'm not gullible enough to believe something that outrageous. They sell overpriced souvenirs to gullible tourists.

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The reasons expressed for their reticence included, chiefly, a belief that athletes wield dangerous influence over gullible fans. Michael Serazio, The Conversation, "The numbers behind America’s 180 on athlete activism," 15 Sep. 2020

These things get passed around via emails from one gullible and naive nitwit to the next. Tom Margenau, Dallas News, "Setting the record straight: Internet lies about Social Security never go away," 13 Sep. 2020

And that Trump is so gullible, so gormless, so solicitous of foreign adversaries, may make some of us on the left more open to a new understanding of the CIA, if only as a counterweight to the dupe in charge. Greg Barnhisel, The New Republic, "The Making of the “Good CIA”," 3 Sep. 2020

But Democrats have spent years stoking conspiratorial and paranoid fantasies among their gullible activists. David Harsanyi, National Review, "The Democrats Are Whitewashing Leftist Violence," 1 Sep. 2020

Trying to use a layout blind in the middle of a cut hayfield isn’t going to work, even on gullible early geese. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, "Hunting Early-Season Resident Geese in North Dakota is the Hottest Shoot of the Summer," 21 Aug. 2020

The condition left Lapointe mentally impaired, as well as gullible and susceptible to suggestion. Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, "Coronavirus claims Richard Lapointe, who survived a quarter century in prison following a wrongful murder conviction," 4 Aug. 2020

Thiel told him about this place where the lakes were alpine clean, the gorges breath-taking, and the trout hungry and gullible. Meredith Erickson, Saveur, "Portland Chef Elias Cairo Is as Serious About Fishing as He Is Eating," 29 Apr. 2019

The people who cheered on Jones that day, the gullible and aggrieved, are Brehm’s natural constituency. Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Garcia: Brehm is now an outcast in her own party," 5 June 2020

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