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bogus

[boh-guhs] / ˈboʊ gəs /


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About 10 miles from downtown, the roughly 6,800-square-foot home has views of the cityscape, Dry Creek and the mountains around Bogus Basin, according to Eberle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Bogus Basin shuttered early—on March 24—the “earliest closing in 10 years,” according to Wilson.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

Bogus leads — a stranger with a “vision” at Point Defiance Park, a Dallas child with a resemblance to Teekah — sent investigators to dead ends.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Bogus messages like these have skyrocketed in recent years as scammers have shifted from robocalls to robotexts — in part because the feds were forcing phone companies to shut their networks to robocalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

“All the times me and Jasper hassled you, it was wrong, okay? Bogus and wrong.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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