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Recent Examples of phony-baloney 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
  • There’s a massive global scam operation that uses real payment methods on fake checkout pages.
    Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Additional increases in the quantity and quality of weapons sent to Ukraine would underpin that message and would have a better chance than anything else of persuading Putin to replace fake negotiations with the real thing.
    The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Enrico Ronquillo, 37, was indicted for using a counterfeit driver’s license and a birth certificate – both from California – to impersonate a U.S. citizen from May 11 to 14, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska said in a June 16 news release.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 18 June 2025
  • Another respondent described neighbors overdosing on counterfeit Chinese drugs.
    Will Ripley, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • For lip color, reach for the Merit Beauty Signature lipsticks.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The soundtrack that accompanied her film A Star Is Born, which is credited to the singer-songwriter as well as Bradley Cooper, was certified double platinum back in 2019.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The unfortunate frame began with a Davis Schneider double, which knocked Carlos Rodón out of the game.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Later Tuesday, Johnson said the violence in Los Angeles is not comparable to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and said Trump's mass pardons of Jan. 6 rioters were not hypocritical.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 June 2025
  • Against this backdrop, Iran is leveraging social media and state media to frame the U.S. as unstable and hypocritical—part of a broader strategy to weaken its global credibility amid deepening diplomatic tensions.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Through his businesses, Gilmore allegedly submitted $19 million worth of phony claims to a federal worker’s compensation program, according to the indictment.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2025
  • Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau have issued warnings about scammers targeting internet users with fake deals of 80 to 90% off via phony liquidation websites.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 May 2025

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“Phony-baloney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phony-baloney. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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