fly-by-night
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Such data would have shown the surge in what is alleged to be fake autism diagnoses and treatments in Minnesota that were billed by fly-by-night Medicaid providers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
A fly-by-night journalism outlet called BNN Breaking had used an A.I. chatbot to paraphrase an article from another news site, according to a BNN employee.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“I hired this fly-by-night team who set up the balloon in this wooded area,” Levine said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Among the few places that would hire a kid with a ninth-grade education was a fly-by-night New Jersey telemarketing firm called Civic Development Group, or CDG.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
Those jars were something you might expect to find in the basement of a fly-by-night medical school, not a house full of children.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
