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When they injected the molecule into the stomachs of normal mice, the rodents were able to remember the location of a platform in an underwater maze and find it three times faster than mice that had received sham injections.

THE MIRACLE MOLECULE THAT COULD TREAT BRAIN INJURIES AND BOOST YOUR FADING MEMORYADAM PIOREAUGUST 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Yet it has repeatedly refused to seriously challenge the administration of President Vladimir Putin and has effectively served to legitimize the Kremlin’s sham democracy.

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A COMMUNIST?CHARU KASTURIAUGUST 24, 2021OZY

From that second on, I realized it was all a sham, that he was actually shy, funny, sentimental, a joy to be with.

JANE BIRKIN IS BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM, BUT HER PRESENCE IS EVERLASTINGJEFF WEISSMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Artiles allegedly instructed the sham candidate, who did not live in the Miami-area district, to use the address of a property in Palmetto Bay that Alex Rodriguez still owned, but no longer resided at, according to the affidavit.

EX-FLORIDA STATE SENATOR PAID BOGUS CANDIDATE TO ‘SIPHON VOTES,’ POLICE SAY, IN RACE GOP NARROWLY WONKATIE SHEPHERDMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The EPA has turned the entire process into “a sham,” said Lianne Sheppard, a professor of biostatistics and environmental health at the University of Washington.

THE EPA REFUSES TO REDUCE POLLUTANTS LINKED TO CORONAVIRUS DEATHSBY LISA SONG AND LYLLA YOUNESOCTOBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICA

Horn, who called the election a “sham,” won – guess it wasn’t a sham after all – and began his extraordinary political career.

POLITICS REPORT: THE ELECTION AFTER THE ELECTION IS UNDERWAYANDREW KEATTS AND SCOTT LEWISOCTOBER 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

That non-profit, as well as other shell entities, made sham payments to the defendants.

5 CRAZY DETAILS FROM THE CASE AGAINST STEVE BANNON—INCLUDING ‘A BOAT NAMED WARFIGHTER’JEFFAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNE

In order to conceal the sham payments, Bannon even created 1099 tax forms to pay Kolfage’s wife for “media work,” as well as to document unspecified payments for “social media.”

5 CRAZY DETAILS FROM THE CASE AGAINST STEVE BANNON—INCLUDING ‘A BOAT NAMED WARFIGHTER’JEFFAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNE

Part of that idea was sham bric-à-brac, the rest was carte blanche to Messrs. Spick and Span.

THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS

The camping-out at Streetly Wood has annually recurred since that date; the first sham fight took place June 20, 1877.

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