whopper
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Keyes says Hong Kong Airlines made a whopper of a mistake in 2018, offering round-trip business-class fares to Asia from the U.S. for less than $600.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Even for a president accustomed to making grandiose statements, this one was a whopper.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
New musicals are impossible dreams, and this is a whopper of a show, daunting in scale and jaw-dropping in ambition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
You have invested so prodigiously that you have left yourself with a whopper of a tax bill if you were to withdraw large sums now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
She would simply sniff or roll her eyes or shake her head at another whopper.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
With the biggest whoppers selling for upwards of £15 a piece, a fun family day out pushing wheelbarrows full of pumpkins can become costly, yet some attractions sell out quickly.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
In fact, out of the seven La Niñas seen over the last 15 years, three were whoppers when it came to rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
That part of the Middle East doesn’t get many storms, but when it does, they are whoppers that dwarf what people in the United States are used to, Maue said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Watching him get away with telling big ol' whoppers every night is part of the thrill they get in watching him.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
We knew kids lie all the time, but Grandma was no kid, and she could tell some whoppers.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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