lip

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But worse than the price hikes is the unsettling feeling that consumers are being gaslit by tech giants paying lip service to the gaming community while delaying product releases or peddling AI-generated “slop.”

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

He told the three-judge panel that the court must not pay "lip service" to human rights, adding that the right to criticise state organs is protected by China's constitution.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Mr. Epstein pays only lip service to the idea that constraints aren’t always beneficial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

His lower lip quivers; there’s an expression on his face that my husband and I used to call “sad baby.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

He grabbed the iron lip of the beak—did pelicans have lips? he wondered—and caught himself before he fell out.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness