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hoax

[hohks] / hoʊks /


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It also found that he defamed her last year when he went on his Truth Social website and called her case a “complete con job” and “a Hoax and a lie.”

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

The jury also found Mr Trump liable for defamation for calling the writer's accusations "a Hoax and a lie".

From BBC • May 9, 2023

There, he called Carroll's rape claim a "Hoax and a lie" for promoting her memoir, and maintained that she was "not my type!"

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023

The Great Moon Hoax emerged from a series of newspaper articles describing newly discovered life on the moon, including winged humanlike creatures and never-before-seen species of flora and fauna.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2022

A nineteenth-century illustration of the 1835 Great Moon Hoax.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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