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as in lie
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 giant
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 whopper
Which brings us to Springfield, Ohio, where Haitians — who most definitely have been harmed by the whoppers of Donald Trump and JD Vance — may have a novel route to some accountability: A citizen complaint asking a judge to hold Trump and Vance criminally liable for their pet-munching fairy tales.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Sirk tackles heavy themes about race relations and prejudice with a sensitive touch, leading to a whopper of an ending.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There's nothing subtle about many of its baubles, like chunky glass hoop earrings; topaz teardrop stud earrings; and a bold gold chain necklace that features a whopper of a pearl.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
The historic early-season whopper of a storm is expected to bring up to nine feet of storm surge, double-digit rain and sustained winds topping 130 mph through Monday, prompting hurricane watches and warnings for the islands as well as government shutdowns in Barbados and St. Lucia.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Sirk tackles heavy themes about race relations and prejudice with a sensitive touch, leading to a whopper of an ending.
—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There's nothing subtle about many of its baubles, like chunky glass hoop earrings; topaz teardrop stud earrings; and a bold gold chain necklace that features a whopper of a pearl.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
The historic early-season whopper of a storm is expected to bring up to nine feet of storm surge, double-digit rain and sustained winds topping 130 mph through Monday, prompting hurricane watches and warnings for the islands as well as government shutdowns in Barbados and St. Lucia.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
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And while their relationship is a little cozier these days, the former president had threatened to throw Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg in jail as part of Trump’s lies about election fraud.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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So for the last few years, the vote-fraud hucksters have focused on a different lie: That undocumented immigrants (brought into the country by Democrats) are voting illegally.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Indiana one November, bowhunter Brent Ireland got a single cam picture of a double-drop giant.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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The strike, Boeing's first machinist walkout since 2008, follows a turbulent period for the aerospace giant.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The choice is clear: adapt holistically or risk becoming another cautionary tale.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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The podcaster also brought up an unproven statement from his interview with Trump: that wind-turbines, a form of clean energy, are negatively affecting and even killing whales.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Unlike the more familiar whale (Rhincodon typus) and basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), the megamouth remains a shadowy figure in our history books.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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This story originally published on businessden.com.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Frankly, this is a hard argument to dispute, but the guy is ultimately the movie’s monster, so his ideology has to be sufficiently challenged by the time the credits roll.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Hung was also instrumental in creating the jiangshi genre of horror kung fu in the 1980s, inspired by his childhood love of ghosts and monsters.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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The joke of Strings’s mammoth, self-sabotaging ego, however, can only be sustained for so long, even by very appealing actors.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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The event, according to research, may have triggered a 1000-year-long ice age, wiping out many large animals, including mammoths, and dramatically marking the growth of human civilization.Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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The college essay is going the way of the dinosaurs as more teachers give up on the ability to tell whether their students are writing their papers themselves.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The devastation that wiped out the dinosaurs created ideal conditions for various fungi to thrive, and ants actually began to cultivate fungi.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Whopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whopper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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