fraud
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Viewers who have just spent four hours being told that Mr. Musk is a freak, fraud and failure will be puzzled at the suggestion that he is nevertheless all-powerful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that software giant Microsoft was being suspended from a key visa program as part of a fraud crackdown by President Donald Trump's administration.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Critics have accused the program of being riddled with fraud and abuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
That’s actual fraud, not inadvertent underpayment, the GAO says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Yes! Yes! Absolutely! No talent, no imagination, a fraud from top to bottom!”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Now they crowdsource questions about when the beds will come and how they will work and argue over which medbed whistleblowers are real and which are frauds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The FBI handles international cyber frauds and cross-border financial crimes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The cases against Lindberg, 55, centered on what prosecutors called “one of the biggest insurance frauds in history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The idea is to get people meeting in person as quickly as possible because online dating has become a minefield littered with deception and frauds.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing fraud
A Web of Lies
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The Best Starting Words for Wordle
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Lingo of Illusion and Deception
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