claptrap
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For all the claptrap over the decades about booting people out, this country’s leaders quickly realize their error and bust out the proverbial welcome mat just as quickly.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Or, for that matter, the high-concept claptrap offered up at Marni, where Francesco Risso went on a quest to top his immersive be-in of last season with entirely apposite results.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022
"I think talk of constitutional conventions and all sort of academic claptrap frankly to me doesn't seem to be in tune with the guys trying to run this camp."
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021
A tiny idea was beginning to worm its way into Grayson’s head; he could barely feel it as it brushed by all the claptrap in his brain.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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