bogus
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Caller IDs for bogus calls appear as legitimate agency numbers, emails carry official seals and accurate agency language, and in more advanced attacks, AI-generated deepfake audio and video replicate a public official, Dressler says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
In the letter, the Lullaby Trust and Liberal Democrat Tom Morrison urge Wes Streeting to "ensure that no more babies' lives are put at risk due to unregulated and bogus sleep advice".
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The charge was bogus, according to longtime Seymour campaign advisor Eileen Padberg.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The bogus connection to the Middle East did.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
I thought about how my mom had smiled at me, how she told me that she was home preparing spaghetti and meatballs, how she even supplemented her original bogus meal with garlic bread.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Vocabulary lists containing bogus
Fake It 'Til You Make It: Synonyms for "False"
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Lingo of Illusion and Deception
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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