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as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
told a whopper to get out of jury duty
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as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
a whopper of a fish that won first prize in the derby the season finale ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger
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Recent Examples of whoppers
One of my favorite head coach whoppers.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
And then there were the epic flavor fails, including a couple of real whoppers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
From hyperloops to solar roofs to trillion-dollar savings from federal budget cuts by DOGE, Musk has developed a reputation for excessive boasts and telling outright whoppers.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
And then there were the epic flavor fails, including a couple of real whoppers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
From hyperloops to solar roofs to trillion-dollar savings from federal budget cuts by DOGE, Musk has developed a reputation for excessive boasts and telling outright whoppers.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whoppers
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Hearing disgusting lies spread about my brother is absolutely gut-wrenching, and my family is deeply grateful so many people have stood up and helped tell his truth.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In his closing argument Tuesday, Cheronis said the lies from Garcia should add up to a not guilty verdict.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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But for the population, which stands at 384 whales, to rebound from its substantial losses in the past decade, many more calves will need to be born.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remaining live across the Gulf but are most common off Florida, and the opinion estimated that drilling will kill nine Rice’s whales through vessel strikes and seriously injure three more over the next 45 years.—
Christian Wagley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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These are human stories first and foremost, tales of tragedy, struggle over adversity, and bittersweet romance.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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His whimsical and precisely-staged tales play on the artifice of cinema as much as on the heightened emotions of their characters.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lawmakers were pushing a measure, similar to those enacted in Australia and Canada, that would have forced tech giants to pay online publishers for the ransacking, er, use, of their journalistic content.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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China’s tech sector—including giants like Alibaba and Kuaishou, and small startups like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—is locked in a race to lead the way in AI.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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As for the defense's argument that Debe had a history of making up stories, prosecutors say this is unfortunately consistent with life inside an abusive relationship.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Carol Trzcinski, executive director of McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park, wants to help veterans tell their stories by exhibiting their art during a monthlong exhibit in March.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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But beneath his plush exterior and upbeat messaging, Buddy is an insatiably needy, controlling narcissist requiring constant affirmations of the children’s love and filling their heads with terror of the monsters lurking in the outside world beyond the park in which the show takes place.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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And the monsters are truly terrifying.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Jurassic Quest This interactive experience offers a close and realistic look at life-size animatronic dinosaurs.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Allies of Noem, meanwhile, have decided that Homan and Scott are bureaucratic dinosaurs who are unable to achieve the president’s objectives.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.—
Jay Kakade
December 31,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Whoppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoppers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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