charlatan
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"We were worried he was a charlatan," Audrey says.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
These days, however, Mr. Sharpton is much closer to a charlatan than a kingmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The sentencing judge found that Peters was motivated by vanity and personal aggrandizement rather than genuine concern for election integrity, describing her as a charlatan who used her former position to peddle disproven claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
Elizabeth Holmes’ blood-testing company was able to stay above water through many months of skeptical reporting, but it all eroded quickly once enough people were clear that the founder was a charlatan.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2023
He ran a long feature on George Vandeveer, charlatan attorney for the Wobbly defense in the Everett Massacre deliberations.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Other charlatans have tried to take advantage of those desperate to get on the sponsored list, which was made public two weeks ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
And though it’s much easier now to find books and other media taking a range of perspectives on menopause, it’s also easy to be waylaid by influencers, charlatans and factionalism.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
That contemporary art might be a dubious realm populated by frauds and charlatans seems quaint today, but once upon a time it was a standard assumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
“I’ll find a specialist...someone who knows what he’s doing...not like those charlatans in white coats that call themselves doctors.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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