hoax
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But Walsh smuggles in an entirely different claim beneath these factual details: that Parks was effectively a political actress participating in a manufactured hoax.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Thousands of fans had to be evacuated from the premises and alleged hoax had "serious repercussions" at an event with an expected crowd of almost 13,000 people, prosecutor Ros Buttler told the court.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Next to the “fine people” hoax, only one thing has struck me as more completely cynical, to the point where I almost couldn’t believe what I was watching in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The documents describe an elaborate hoax in which the defendants allegedly created fake companies and fraudulent email accounts and driver’s licenses to help fool lenders into loaning them huge sums of money.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
And while that had been a nasty hoax from Hesterfowl, at least his one good feature remained intact.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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