baloney

Example Sentences

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Graham Barrows, a financial crime expert and presenter of The Dark Money Files podcast, told the BBC the adverts themselves, and the social media accounts sharing the content, were all "baloney".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

“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

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

Somewhere on the road between hogwash and baloney, Washington ran into reality.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Roberto gave up eating baloney sandwiches when he got a part-time job working at noon at Velva’s Freeze, a hamburger and ice cream store located on Broadway, a few blocks from the high school.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez