Sham in a sentence

The purpose behind the rebranding of al-Nusra Front first as Fateh al-Sham and then as Tahrir al-Sham, and purported severing of ties with al-Qaeda has been to legitimize itself and to make it easier for its patrons to send money and arms.

As far as “sham” interviews go, what do you expect when you require an organization to interview a candidate based solely on skin color?

Binance and Zhao were also sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in March for operating what the regulator alleged were an “illegal” exchange and a “sham” compliance program.

Both the Democrats and Republicans are determined to destroy any remaining legitimacy in Colorado’s Fool’s Gold Standard of a sham election system.

But Lyndsey Ward, spokeswoman for the Beauly-based Communities B4 Power Companies campaign group, believes the current consultation process is a sham.

But the meat of it is centered in Moscow, with Henk Rogers–the most whitebread part-Indonesian you ever will see–finding out that the Tetris licensing rights he purchased are a sham.

DiPrizio then walked to the front of the room, calling the EPA hearing a sham.

He said “The decision to challenge the sham election of February 25, the worst election in our democratic history, is not predicated on my personal interest but for the interest of Nigeria and its people.

It is time that Speaker Dade Phelan resign after pushing this Disgraceful Sham!” he added.

Like some big media personalities we won’t mention, Twitter – now X – seems to encourage and facilitate the ‘schoolyard sham-brawling’ approach to a difference of opinion, and then it washes its hands of the consequences.

Meanwhile, the pro-government Sham FM radio station said the strike hit a farm, causing material damage.

Mr Swidani’s sister Amarea, her husband Mohammad Alawad, and children Yahea, 18, Sham, 16, and Ahmad, 14, moved to Turkey from Syria eight years ago as refugees.

Ms Graham said she “fell out of bed laughing” when she saw pictures of Bryson and claimed her transition was a “sham for attention”.

On the international front, the regime is facing increasing diplomatic isolation, and many countries have called the proposed poll a sham.

Opposition parties in Nigeria have called for the presidential election to be scrapped, describing it as a sham.

Russia’s Central Election Commission said Monday that the country’s ruling party won the most votes in elections held in occupied Ukrainian regions, as Kyiv and the West denounced the ballots as a sham.

She called the review process a "sham.

So really, if this prosecution goes forward, it’s just a sham.

Speaking about the handpump scene, Sham Kaushal said in Hindi, “It started on the page, with the writing and the direction.

That even provided time for Kuro to stalk Kaya, Usopp, and Nami in that mansion as a cool horror-style villain, thanks to omitting the rest of his crew aside from Sham and Buchi.