lies

Example Sentences

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The reason lies in how marine cloud brightening changes local weather.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

Barton has no training and less than zero credibility, having been caught repeatedly peddling easily disproved lies.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2026

From the outside it looks like an ordinary house on a terraced street - but behind lies a tropical jungle complete with some poisonous plants.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Researchers believe the secret lies in the components of a state’s plan and how they are implemented.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

“A lot of our history lies beneath the waves. If we do not retrieve our history ourselves, it will be ‘discovered’ and downplayed or be disregarded and continue to dissolve into nothing.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler