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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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Clearly she was either a flake or a liar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

I want to send the message that she’d better keep my name out of her mouth because I do think she is a pathological liar.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

In an interview with The Times earlier this month, Arday admitted making academic "mistakes" but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist".

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Does that mean Seehorn is an adept liar?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The little liar was scaling her pine tree like a ladder.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

"As far as I'm concerned, it's just a waste of time dealing with them. They're liars."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Navy attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, and almost certain liars for their accounts of the incident.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

They were all liars, but how could you mind?

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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