charlatan
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"We were worried he was a charlatan," Audrey says.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
These days, however, Mr. Sharpton is much closer to a charlatan than a kingmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Pauly plays the impulsive charlatan with an irrepressible charm.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Elizabeth Holmes’ blood-testing company was able to stay above water through many months of skeptical reporting, but it all eroded quickly once enough people were clear that the founder was a charlatan.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2023
Every few centuries, some charlatan, some crawling, vicious soul, would try to get close to the Glimourie Tree—to steal it, to take it for their own.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
That contemporary art might be a dubious realm populated by frauds and charlatans seems quaint today, but once upon a time it was a standard assumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
Some charlatans are involved in unscrupulous traditional so-called cures, and have been known to sell good luck charms that involve body parts.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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
"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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