bogus
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When shoppers go online to check a balance, their search takes them to a bogus page, rather than the web address provided with the plastic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Any director pointing their camera at Holmes — before or after she was convicted of fraud for her bogus Theranos blood-testing device — won’t capture the whole truth.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Fielder is the creator of the TV series “The Rehearsal” and “Nathan for You” who constructs discombobulating sham realities that include bogus businesses such as Dumb Starbucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The investigation also revealed how bogus medical conditions and fake news websites were being used to bolster fraudulent asylum claims.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Dr. Norman Poythress from Taylor Hardin explained that Myers had told him that “his prior ‘confessions’ are bogus and were coerced out of him by the police through keeping him physically and psychologically isolated.”
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing bogus
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