counterfeit
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EBay is banning the sale of air bags and air-bag parts on its website, beginning next month, following multiple reports of fatalities involving components believed to be counterfeit and installed in used cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yet many repair shops end up with substandard counterfeit parts that risk exploding during a crash or not deploying at all, according to court documents and regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Entertainment groups representing big-ticket artists like BTS are suing the sellers of counterfeit merchandise ranging from an Ozzy Osbourne Christmas elf to $30 Lady Gaga candles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The popularity of the item has led to duplicate and counterfeit squishy toys being sold online and in shops and stalls.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mama Tataba bent over the table in our mother’s large white apron, which made her look counterfeit and comic, as though acting the role of maid in a play.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Risks of buying secondhand devices include outdated software, nongenuine replacement parts, activation locks, counterfeits and malware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Such proximity to China has proven favourable for Vietnam's booming counterfeits industry.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Chap Achen, senior director analyst at research firm Gartner, said fraudsters are taking advantage of those policies to scam the system, including by sending back empty boxes, incorrect merchandise or counterfeits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Tepper will buy Chinese look-alikes too as long as they’re not counterfeits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Many of these shops are "mints," and some of them produce counterfeits.
From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann
The Chinese company, DTN Airbag, has said it doesn’t do business with customers in the U.S. and that it believes the company’s parts have been counterfeited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The 48-year-old author even took to Instagram this week to warn her fans that counterfeited copies, external of The Polygamist were being sold in a bookshop in Nairobi.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
But Leas sees these documents as mostly marketing, and these reports can be counterfeited.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024
“Love” stamp was counterfeited in a size larger than the authentic postage stamp.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
“It looks like the company’s seemingly blatant attempts at counterfeiting patented weight-loss drugs via compounding finally went too far,” said On the Street Substack author Herb Greenberg.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
The tech also assigns a counterfeiting risk score based on the company’s years of collecting information on real and fake items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Both men were charged with "counterfeiting medicines or medical products", and the 26-year-old also faces money-laundering charges.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
When you see the counterfeiting in “To Live and Die L.A.,” people were fascinated by that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
As part of the Department of the Treasury, its purpose was to fight counterfeiting.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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