con job

Example Sentences

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Most people who know me think I’m confident and mature, but it’s a con job, and underneath the facade I’m a soggy, whimpering mess.

From Washington Post

One of the dominant narratives about Trump is that he used the presidency as a type of con job to make money, and that ultimately, he never really wanted the job.

From Salon

That led Neil Mitchell, a longtime pillar of a morning radio host, to call that “a contender for con job of the year.”

From Washington Post

This situation starkly illustrates how Trump's long-shot coup attempt — which is more a money-grabbing con job at this point — relies heavily on everyday Republicans being too blinded by their own racism and hatred for democracy to really grasp the ways Trump is using them, as he uses everyone.

From Salon

“I think it’s a con job. It’s a public relations trick,” said Lea Foushee, who was in her second two-year term on the advisory group before she resigned this week.

From Washington Times