baloney

Example Sentences

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“And he also understands that if you start fooling your shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Antoni, who has a PhD in economics, has previously criticised the BLS, questioning its methodology and calling its statistics "phoney baloney".

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The only person getting this answer: Our job is not to judge, look down our nose, talk about “unsophisticated” and how — that’s such baloney.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Now the principal proponent of that theory may also testify that it was baloney.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023

I knew most of his stories were a bunch of baloney, but it was mostly harmless stuff, so I didn’t sweat it.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe