spam

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Meanwhile, telemarketing and spam phone calls have reached epidemic levels: Americans are bombarded with robocalls — roughly 4 billion to 5 billion every month — despite decades of regulation.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The relative initially thought it was spam, but then saw the news of what unfolded in D.C. and felt he needed to report it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

De La Soil in Washington has a spam fired rice with house furikake in the “for the kiddos” section of its menu.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

His email had gone into a spam folder, but they were fixing the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The thing is, the information that comes in may not be crucial at all; it may actually be irrelevant, spam, but, weirdly, that seems to reinforce the compulsion to answer the device.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel