Examples:

• The governor promised to lower taxes, but it was the same old snake oil.
• They'll react as if you're selling snake oil.
• Too many scientists are becoming modern peddlers of snake oil under the insidious influence of the corporate culture.
• This was snake oil in the'60s and it is snake oil now.
• Traditional and folk remedies are often labeled as snake oil and witches' potions.
• Selling need not be about snake oil and ripping people off.
• I was suspicious of anyone trying to peddle medicine as it is often just snake oil.
• History will cast them as either marketing pioneers or snake oil sellers.
• To the shame and chagrin of the snake oil pedlars, science has been of no help in supporting any of these claims.
• Is this just another scam, like all the other snake oil peddlers preying on people with thinning or unhealthy hair?
• Charlie never hypes you or tries to sell you any snake oil.