claptrap
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As I’ve reported, one of the nation’s most assiduous dispensers of anti-vaccine claptrap does so from an official perch.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024
A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Michiko Kakutani, writing in The New York Times, called it “a sappy romance novel, gussied up with some sentimental claptrap about the emotional life of animals and lots of Walleresque hooey about men and women.”
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Meade, quite understandably, turned out sadistic, Grand Guignol thrillers as a respite from writing sentimental claptrap such as “A Sweet Girl Graduate” and “The Rebel of the School.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
A recluse story contained more sense, but Royal thought the army part was claptrap.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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