snake oil
noun
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Burton does take some nice jabs at the now, from therapy culture and selfie addiction to influencers, the snake oil salesman of the Instagram age.
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
Photograph: Astell & Kern Accessories are where the vast majority of audio snake oil shows up.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2024
Since the dawn of diet culture, people have fallen for all sorts of snake oil that can be ineffective or downright dangerous.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
Read more Letters to the Editor. $20B housing bond
should be voted down
The $20 billion housing bond that will be on the Nov. 5 ballot is like snake oil.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
Photograph: Astell & Kern Accessories are where the vast majority of audio snake oil shows up.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2024
Since the dawn of diet culture, people have fallen for all sorts of snake oil that can be ineffective or downright dangerous.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
Read more Letters to the Editor. $20B housing bond
should be voted down
The $20 billion housing bond that will be on the Nov. 5 ballot is like snake oil.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for snake oil
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“Snake oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snake%20oil. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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