snake oil
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Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Along Mexico Border To Hold Migrants, Report Says The Federal Reserve Cuts GDP Projections As Inflation Stays Too High
Comfort Isn’t the Answer
Leadership habits and personality labels—alongside countless snake oil assessments—offer a tempting promise of simplicity.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Or to see Netflix’s imperfect Apple Cider Vinegar draw a line from that greed to the snake oil salespeople preying on desperate folks who no longer feel the medical establishment has their best interests at heart.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gibson is still an imperfect, if attention-grabbing, vehicle into a wider survey of why people, especially women, are so drawn to snake oil.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Along Mexico Border To Hold Migrants, Report Says The Federal Reserve Cuts GDP Projections As Inflation Stays Too High
Comfort Isn’t the Answer
Leadership habits and personality labels—alongside countless snake oil assessments—offer a tempting promise of simplicity.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Or to see Netflix’s imperfect Apple Cider Vinegar draw a line from that greed to the snake oil salespeople preying on desperate folks who no longer feel the medical establishment has their best interests at heart.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Gibson is still an imperfect, if attention-grabbing, vehicle into a wider survey of why people, especially women, are so drawn to snake oil.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
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 6 May. 2025.
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