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Recent Examples of bald-faced Great White Year: 1981 Director: Enzo G. Castellari Runtime: 1h 28m Few Jaws rip-offs are quite as bald-faced in their theft as Great White, an Italian production directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2025 Bald-Faced Hornet The bald-faced hornet is a yellowjacket that builds round or football-shaped nests in shrubs, attached to buildings, or high aboveground in trees. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 June 2025 When Napoleon insists on Antonin serving a dessert in the form of a pyramid — a bald-faced invocation of the war between France and England, and a provocation to the English ambassador, who is theoretically the guest of honor — Antonin duly wheels one into the dining room. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025 While Sandoval is perhaps taking advantage of this in the most bald-faced way on The Traitors, he’s joined by the likes of Sam Asghari, Britney Spears’s mysterious ex-husband, and Ivar Mountbatten, a minor royal who used to work for the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 While Sandoval is perhaps taking advantage of this in the most bald-faced way on The Traitors, he’s joined by the likes of Sam Asghari, Britney Spears’s mysterious ex-husband, and Ivar Mountbatten, a minor royal who used to work for the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 Messages left by other players appear in your world, offering hints, encouragement, jokes, or bald-faced lies. Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 And yet a man who would be president — and the man who would be his vice president, JD Vance — continue to repeat such bald-faced lies. The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 18 Sep. 2024 The former president didn’t make such a bald-faced statement in a vacuum. Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bald-faced
Adjective
  • Consolidation by the end of the decade The future of other brands is less obvious, but consolidation among the mainstream brands is likely before the end of the decade.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The harmful consequences to the economy and food supply is obvious.
    Billal Rahman Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The pattern is unmistakable: just as Enron triggered SOX, AI governance failures will trigger mandatory expertise requirements.
    Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The symbolism of the decision to target this base—the same one that U.S. President Donald Trump visited only two months ago during his tour of Gulf states, and one located in a country that maintains close ties to and shares an offshore gas field with Iran—is unmistakable.
    Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Birdsong’s apparent beanball came in the exact time and place that the unwritten rules prescribe: two outs, bases empty, first pitch.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • Other Demographic Differences Women’s second fall persistence rate (79.3%) exceeded that of men (76.3%), continuing a trend that’s been apparent for several years.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Turchin family’s lifelong passion for art and design was evident across all the rooms.
    Kate Van Dyke, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • That reality is evident almost just from the scale.
    Justin Worland, Time, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • This was a more straightforward implementation than expected.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Photo Credit: Emma Falk Via The Chicago Sky Lee advised the group to be straightforward and authentic and to maximize their time.
    Essence, Essence, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The issue is parents need to decide because the science is very clear on fluoride.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • For night sky enthusiasts, the hot springs are from enough from Reykjavík to have only low levels of light pollution, and the night skies are clear enough for the northern lights in winter.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025

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“Bald-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bald-faced. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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