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One of the hardest things I did on the board was explain that we—the system—had lied to her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He lied to Loui about having law degrees from both the University of California, Los Angeles and New York University.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Following the court decision in late 2024, I challenged MI5 and said they had lied to the courts.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Holmes tells Fielder she has never lied, a contention that clearly troubles him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, “Yes. That is a thing you’re looking at. You haven’t lied to yourself.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The pianist Irwin Gage accompanies Heynis on a disc of German lieder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
And lieder, folk and church music alone, no matter how immaculately sung, rarely turn artists into stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
After all, he wrote some of the most beautiful vocal music in the repertoire: the song cycles “Die Schöne Müllerin” and “Winterreise,” and hundreds of beloved lieder like “Gretchen am Spinnrade” and “Ave Maria.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
“Folly” both fits into and challenges the tradition of Romantic lieder that Mehldau and I love so much.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
Marian took classes in German and French, studied with a famous teacher of German lieder, and met many people in London’s close-knit music community.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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