quack

Example Sentences

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“The Doctors’ Riot of 1788” centers on the New York incident but also tells the broader story of medicine in the early American republic, including quack cures and smallpox panics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

There are also medbed clinics, where people can pay to receive quack treatments from people who claim to have working medbeds.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

It’s in service of crank conspiracy theories, quack wellness influencers and weird dystopian visions of supermen doing pull-ups to demonstrate their patriotism.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

He’s Joseph Ladapo, who I earlier identified as “the most dangerous quack in America.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

“Mother getting married? Some quack fortune-teller raising the dead, in my own home? Not sure how I feel about any of it, frankly. If anyone is looking for me, I’ll be at my club.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood