fly-by-night
Example Sentences
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Many of the detainees are without any legal counsel or fallen prey to fly-by-night immigration attorneys.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
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
There are just too many fly-by-night operations that either treat your personal data carelessly or, in some cases, just steal it.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Mr. Stoppelman said the surplus of fly-by-night companies gave credence to a joke that circulated around PayPal: Start-ups do better in the suburbs because their workers have less to do outside the office.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022
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
