deceiver
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Trauma is a nasty deceiver, both in the way it makes survivors distrust their memories and the way we, its witnesses, interpret it in the context of everything we see.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
As you know, there are multiple Saurons: Sauron who seeks redemption; Sauron the deceiver; Annatar, the lord of gifts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Jacob was a popular boy’s name in Old Testament times, and meant "the one who grasps," "the angler," "the deceiver" or "the supplanter."
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2022
A deceiver distorts evidence with the aim of making you form a false belief.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2019
“Mr. Curtain is the big deceiver, remember? We can beat him at his own game!”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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Winter Miller, a playwright and children’s book author based in Brooklyn, taunts her deceivers in the name of getting people to laugh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"Reuters, they are some deceivers, liars," López Obrador said during his regular news conference, which is held every weekday morning.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
One is that it gives liars and deceivers legitimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Rhys' and Jack's divided personalities aren't outliers in the realm of ambitious deceivers, especially at this moment.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
They were all deceivers and spies, trained to prey on people like him, people without their unnatural gifts.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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