whopper

Example Sentences

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Keyes says Hong Kong Airlines made a whopper of a mistake in 2018, offering round-trip business-class fares to Asia from the U.S. for less than $600.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

You have invested so prodigiously that you have left yourself with a whopper of a tax bill if you were to withdraw large sums now.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

The answer, in a report now circulating through City Hall, is a whopper: $21.7 billion over a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Telling such an obvious whopper to a jury seems like it will backfire by making them believe the defense attorneys are just liars.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

“It was a good whopper, though, don’t you think?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney