hoax

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You can watch the show as straight narrative, forgetting the hoax and regarding Anthony, who is as much a spectator as a participant, as just another character.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“Preliminary test results determined that these were not hoax devices or smoke bombs,” Tisch said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

A man who left a fake stick of dynamite outside the headquarters of MI5 has been found guilty of carrying out a bomb hoax.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

A New York jury awarded Ms Carroll damages over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and then branded the incident a hoax on social media.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

People began to assume it was all just an outlandish hoax perpetrated by a rich nut job.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline