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But the marriage turned out to be a sham.

To disrupt that message, West suggests unmasking the obvious fact that the content creators themselves are con artists selling a sham product.

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Cherfilus-McCormick proclaimed her innocence, calling the indictment “an unjust, baseless, sham.”

In January 2024, Hasina won an unprecedented fourth term as prime minister in an election widely decried by critics as being a sham and boycotted by the main opposition.

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Green China is mostly a sham—but it is time for the West to emulate its real playbook: ramp up energy use and nuclear R&D.

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