How to Use poppycock in a Sentence
poppycock
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But the legend lives on, and that’s not just plain poppycock.
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Los Angeles Times,
2019-07-22
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Others dismiss the idea of such a romance as poppycock.
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Colleen A. Sheehan,
WSJ,
2021-11-25
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To those who think AI is hopeless at getting humor, the machines have one word for you: poppycock.
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Matthew Hutson,
Science | AAAS,
2019-06-17
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None of the poppycock from Texas politicians is of any help to the scores of Texans who spent long hours and days freezing in their homes.
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Star Tribune,
2021-02-22
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But simply passing off early losses as games that are not as important as later in the season is pure poppycock.
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Ira Winderman,
sun-sentinel.com,
2021-08-21
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For a website that proclaims it is providing the truth and nothing but the facts, this line about the tax cuts and economic growth is poppycock.
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Glenn Kessler,
Washington Post,
2018-06-18
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Nor is such dangerous poppycock confined to western Europe.
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The Economist,
2020-12-12
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Despite all the poppycock, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial.
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NBC News,
2019-12-24
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