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lie

[lahy] / laɪ /






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"She lied, she was lying through her teeth in that courtroom."

From BBC

It doesn’t lie, it cannot be revised, and it is how market participants are ultimately judged.

From Barron's

Although it may seem counterintuitive that the peak arrives later under stronger warming, the explanation lies in the behavior of larger glaciers.

From Science Daily

The key may lie in how TikTok's recommendation algorithm - the powerful system that curates the platform's For You Page to predict content you might watch - is managed when it changes hands.

From BBC

Around 35 percent of Nigeria's gold deposits lie beneath impoverished northwestern villages, according to Ismail Suleiman, who owns a mining company that extracts minerals across the northwest.

From Barron's