bogus
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When shoppers go online to check a balance, their search takes them to a bogus page, rather than the web address provided with the plastic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Any director pointing their camera at Holmes — before or after she was convicted of fraud for her bogus Theranos blood-testing device — won’t capture the whole truth.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Though many bogus emails come from Gmail accounts, one giveaway was the mismatch between the email’s domain address and the recruiting firm’s internet domain address.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Jobseekers are being warned to be vigilant as scammers are targeting people on job listings websites to trick them into downloading bogus interview tools.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sooner or later, somebody was going to realize that my presence here was completely bogus.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing bogus
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