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Recent Examples of flimflam
Noun
Instead, Democrats should present voters with a material choice between a party that has nothing to offer the majority of Americans but abuse and conspiratorial flimflam and a party committed to building a democracy and an economy that work for all. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2021 Might that statement actually be a bit of protective flimflam? Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020
Verb
But liars like Kari Lake, who lost a bid for Arizona governor by parroting former President Trump’s falsehoods and hopes now to flimflam her way to a Senate seat, are only the most visible threat to our system of democracy. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for flimflam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flimflam
Noun
  • The Republicans’ billionaire populism has always been a ruse.
    Jim Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
  • For the artist Christina Ramberg, watching her mother getting dressed for parties—in particular, putting on a corset called a merry widow, which gave her an hourglass figure—revealed the extent to which the female form was a ruse.
    Jane Yong Kim, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Thankfully, all the scam spam doesn’t seem to have killed anyone’s appetite for the grift as a genre.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • Vague delivery details could signal a scam Here's how the scam works, according to the BBB: Need a break?
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • At the end of February, a pedestrian was hit in West London by an ebike rider in West London — not a rental or sharing scheme, to be clear — and died after a month in hospital.
    Nicole Kobie, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Though details of how the gambling operation functioned have not been released, HSI Tampa said in its post the scheme generated more than $21.6 million in illicit proceeds.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Instead of addressing waste and fraud and providing adults with a path to productive and independent lives through meaningful work, the Pritzker administration attacks these reform efforts.
    Regan Deering, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • More than £46 billion in loans had been disbursed by various lenders through the scheme, according to the Department for Business and Trade, but the agency also admitted there had been more than 100,000 cases of loss due to fraud and error.
    Robert Olsen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.
    Tammy Murga, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
  • Neal Moritz was hustling the heck out of this from the jump.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The secret trick of reconciliation is that Congress gets a chance to add tweaks to the budget — to reconcile it — twice every federal fiscal year.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 30 May 2025
  • Turn Strong Articles Into How-To Or Best-Practice Guides One of my favorite tricks is transforming strong articles into resources that stay relevant long-term, like how-to guides or best practices.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 May 2025

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“Flimflam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flimflam. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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