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baloney

[buh-loh-nee] / bəˈloʊ ni /
NOUN
nonsense
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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She clarifies, “you know that saying, ‘No man is an island,’ well, Reg thought that was baloney.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Antoni, who has a PhD in economics, has previously criticised the BLS, questioning its methodology and calling its statistics "phoney baloney".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

If anyone would have put a stop to such baloney, it would surely be Samantha Jones.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2023

But no hogwash or baloney: Would anything ever pass if they were?

From Seattle Times Jun. 24, 2023

Roberto gave up eating baloney sandwiches when he got a part-time job working at noon at Velva’s Freeze, a hamburger and ice cream store located on Broadway, a few blocks from the high school.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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