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+# words and phrases that can be used to manipulate credibility 
+# based on something other than explicit evidence. Weasel words.
+# appeal to authority or ad populum
+/encoding=utf-8
+accused/!
+alleged/!
+allegedly/!
+apparent/!
+apparently/!
+casting doubt/!
+common sense has it/!
+common sense insists/!
+considered to be/!
+critics claim/!
+everyone knows/!
+experience shows that/!
+experts declare/!
+few accept/!
+few believe/!
+growing body of evidence/!
+has links to/!
+it has been claimed that/!
+it has been mentioned that/!
+it is believed/!
+it is known that/!
+it is often reported/!
+it is regarded/!
+it is said/!
+it is widely thought/!
+it should be noted/!
+it stands to reason that/!
+it turns out that/!
+it was noted that/!
+it's been claimed that/!
+it's been mentioned that/!
+it's believed/!
+it's known that/!
+it's often reported/!
+it's regarded/!
+it's said/!
+it's widely thought/!
+it’s been claimed that/!
+it’s been mentioned that/!
+it’s believed/!
+it’s known that/!
+it’s often reported/!
+it’s regarded/!
+it’s said/!
+it’s widely thought/!
+linked to/!
+literally/!
+many are of the opinion/!
+many scholars state/!
+most feel/!
+notably/!
+obviously/!
+of course/!
+one hundred percent/!
+popular wisdom has it/!
+purported/!
+purportedly/!
+questions have been raised/!
+questions were raised/!
+research has shown/!
+research says/!
+research shows/!
+science has shown/!
+science says/!
+so-called/!
+some argue/!
+some people say/!
+some say/!
+studies has shown/!
+studies have shown/!
+studies say/!
+studies show/!
+studies shows/!
+study has shown/!
+study says/!
+study shows/!
+supposed/!
+supposedly/!
+take issue with/!
+the fact that/!
+the public/!
+the vast majority/!
+there is evidence that/!
+there's evidence that/!
+there’s evidence that/!
+threat/!
+threaten/!
+trustworthy/!
+without a doubt/!