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

This is slicing the baloney mighty thin; nor does it say much for the reading comprehension or research skills of Walther or his editors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

But no hogwash or baloney: Would anything ever pass if they were?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

The smell of unfamiliar food in the air now, fish caught from the nearby river, pig knuckles, hominy grits, fried baloney, black-eyed peas.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides