lie detector

Example Sentences

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In his letter to Weber, Curtis promised to take a lie detector test after each election.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Rhino poaching almost doubled in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite interventions including dehorning and lie detector tests for rangers, the government said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

In the “Materialists” press tour, Johnson is more freely magnetic, sitting for another “Vanity Fair” lie detector test and answering cheeky, rapid-fire questions with her co-star, Pedro Pascal, for “Vogue.”

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

Employees in the DEA’s polygraph unit, which vets prospective agents, reported being pressured to pass candidates after they failed a lie detector test, report says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

She’d say the police would do much better handing out vines of the white trumpet flowers to the accused than hooking them up to a lie detector.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson