falsehood
Example Sentences
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The pitch is that better tools would enable us to separate fact from falsehood more efficiently.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards also said that no US Navy vessel has "dared" approach the Strait of Hormuz, calling Wright's claim a "pure falsehood."
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
British policy toward China, Lord Patten continued, had rested on a "falsehood" that "in order to do business with them, we must avoid saying anything they don't like or doing anything that they don't like".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Before we get to what happened after that, let’s note that this nonexistent removal order wasn’t even the only falsehood Judge Xinis identified in her ruling.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025
When she saw the falsehood there, she leaned upon the spear, twisting it.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing falsehood
A Web of Lies
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We Were Liars
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The Misfits
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