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Recent Examples of mountebank Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025 With tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the mountebank of Mar-A-Lago wants to punish a small democracy of 5.3 million people that for the past 60 years has worked its way into the top table of drug research and production: Ireland. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025 Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024 Now, this pallid Color Purple epitomizes the artistic dearth of an era when a cultural mountebank like Winfrey uses race and feminist guile to cheat us of America’s most creative achievements. Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024 The Republican, who is angling for the GOP nomination for president, staged a roundtable of scientific mountebanks on Wednesday to attack the vaccines. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023 The alternative circumstance, that crackpots and mountebanks might claim such evidence exists, then fail to produce any, is, on the other hand, entirely plausible and familiar. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 July 2023 Berk was no mountebank or philistine. Mimi Kramer, Vulture, 10 May 2022 Another was Charles Colchester, a mountebank who also conjured Willie to the satisfaction of the first lady. John J. Miller, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
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Noun
  • Last month, Kubler was indicted by the Justice Department on charges of securities fraud and money laundering.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • Braddock didn’t appear in Life After Lockup, but denied being the mastermind behind the fraud during the trial.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • What used to be a very niche field with only a small handful of offerings has become a cottage industry full of contenders and pretenders, and any number of startups offering a readymade conversion for your bike.
    Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Wired News, 20 June 2025
  • With a guitarist by her side doing little else than striking the poses of bygone hair-metal pretenders, SZA sang from her knees and brought back ‘80s pop rock.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Official results of the election handed Lukashenko his sixth term in office but were denounced by the opposition and the West as a sham.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
  • Furthermore, this set offers excellent value by including the duvet cover and shams for seamless coordination.
    Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • And not just shooting the shot, but using it to create space for my teammates or using a shot fake to create a different shot for myself or a drive to kick.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2025
  • But a closer inspection revealed some telltale signs that the document, first obtained by the Tribune through a public records request, is likely a fake.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Tell that to the kids who have been hospitalized and died from measles, following quack Dr. Bobby’s Rx to avoid the shots.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
  • The Spare Room by Helen Garner This is a book about a woman, Helen, who decides to let her old friend, Nicola, who is dying of cancer, come and stay with her in Melbourne while Nicola sees a local quack doctor.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The Reframe: From Proving To Exploring Breaking free from the impostor myth isn’t about proving more.
    Neerja Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The impostors then stole two hot dogs and menaced the vendor with a knife before taking off on Seventh Ave., heading toward 44th St. Cops took one man into custody following the heist, and are looking for a second person dressed in a red hoodie, black pants and black and white sneakers.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025

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“Mountebank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountebank. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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