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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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In an interview with the newspaper, Arday admitted to "mistakes" in his academic work, but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist and an academic fraud".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

The officers also suggested in the D.A.’s motion Flores was a habitual liar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

"We're talking about academia here. I didn't murder somebody. I think the cruelty that I've experienced and the positioning of me as this kind of liar and fantasist is totally unacceptable," he told the newspaper.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Any comedian that tells you otherwise is a liar.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

She didn’t understand how Charley could be a liar, when he had not said a word.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

"Myself and a number of the other men who were involved in the safeguarding were referred to as Satanists, we were called liars and we were called rebels," Doone said.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Navy attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, and almost certain liars for their accounts of the incident.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

“Shoot, I know folks who are cranky or stuck up or bold-faced liars and their dogs love ’em like they’re saints or something.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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