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Johnson called the lawsuit “patently absurd” when speaking with reporters Tuesday.

Several of her books involve love triangles in which a woman is torn between two men, one of whom readers will recognize as patently unsuitable before her protagonist does.

He rejected claims of the app harming immigration agents as “patently false.”

The app's creator said such claims were "patently false" and accused Apple of "capitulating to an authoritarian regime."

Herzog cites professional wrestling as an example of a spectacle in which the audience members and performers collude in a narrative that is patently false, yet has all the elements of legitimate competition.