variants or phoney-baloney

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Recent Examples of phony-baloney Now, of course, Proctor wants his phony-baloney MSP job back. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 The script is by David Koepp (writer of the best Mission: Impossible, the 1996 Brian De Palma iteration), and it’s filled with shimmery red herrings and liberal lashings of phony-baloney techno-spy stuff. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phony-baloney
Adjective
  • Ryan Scully scored on a 44-yard fake punt and Ethan Polloreno returned an interception for a score.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the Pack ran a laughably bad fake-kick play — on fourth-and-17, no less.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has warned that tourists visiting Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda may face a risk of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or contaminated alcohol.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lululemon is stepping up its defense against the growing counterfeit trade.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The pop of color offers a shimmer-free (rare!) means of warming up a wedding look and works equally well at lip level.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
  • By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Their double life soon gets complicated when a rival boy band harboring a sinister secret begins stealing their fans.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • How to Watch Pistons vs Rockets Durant scored 23 points before fouling out as the Rockets fell 125-124 in double overtime to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, his latest mistake is very hypocritical and raises some questions about double standards in his coaching.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Most of these hypocritical legislators are near the completion of their involvement in the Capitol thanks to term limits.
    John Moorlach, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But those claims keep getting rejected, mostly for phony reasons, as the region is gradually emptied of its long-time residents.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Other phony works allegedly offered for sale by the 77-year-old suspect included ceramic vases by Picasso, Study of a Head by Amadeo Modigliani, and pieces purportedly by Peter Paul Rubens, Joan Miró and Anthony van Dyck.
    NPR, NPR, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Phony-baloney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phony-baloney. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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