bogus
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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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100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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