empty promise
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But the people who worked and ate at the Moscow Pizza Huts still remember the pepperoni and the red-checkered tablecloths and what they represented: In Russia, change wasn’t always an empty promise.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
She was looking to the north, in the direction of an empty promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Broadcasting union Bectu said the "commitment to draw a line in the sand must not be an empty promise".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
But they pile up one empty promise after another.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2022
Callieres yielded, persuaded the allies to agree to the conditions, gave up the prisoners, and took an empty promise in return.
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Francis Parkman
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