charlatan
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"We were worried he was a charlatan," Audrey says.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In Renaissance England, skillful surgeons and herb-dispensing healers competed with charlatan doctors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“You abused your position and you’re a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that’s been proven to be junk time and time again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Mencken described Bryan as “a charlatan, a mountebank, a zany without sense or dignity.”
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2024
I want to think he’s an actor, a charlatan, a fake.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Cook said audience research had revealed the public liked him taking on the crooks and charlatans but they didn't actually want to see him getting hit.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
TikTok, for instance, is awash in medical disinformation, people claiming to be haunted by demons, and charlatans offering psychic readings through the computer.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
The series toes a delicate line, showing why alternative remedies can be so appealing to patients frustrated with traditional medicine, but also illustrating how dangerous charlatans are willing to exploit that desperation for personal gain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
"No, Brother, we have to make such decisions ourselves. Even if we must sometimes appear as charlatans."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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