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hoax

[hohks] / hoʊks /


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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

Hoax calls to law enforcement have also been weaponized against tech executives and journalists.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

It is a Hoax and a lie, just like all the other Hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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