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lied

[lahyd] / laɪd /


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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

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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