balderdash
Example Sentences
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Rasmussen’s promotion of its vaccine-related balderdash is replete with weasel words, as if the firm is opting for plausible deniability.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
“I am upset on the behalf of young men in America. They cannot listen to this balderdash and this old-timey view of women, which is a caveman view.”
From Washington Times • May 12, 2023
In the moment, you might have listened to this balderdash and perhaps responded: “Well then, how would you like me to take this?”
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2022
For Mr. Merrill of Harrison Street, the romanticization of remote work is balderdash.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
The boy might have been only twelve, but he knew already that opportunity = balderdash.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.