lie detector
Example Sentences
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Rhino poaching almost doubled in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite interventions including dehorning and lie detector tests for rangers, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
All three balls were authenticated by SCP Auctions through notarized affidavits and lie detector tests.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
In the “Materialists” press tour, Johnson is more freely magnetic, sitting for another “Vanity Fair” lie detector test and answering cheeky, rapid-fire questions with her co-star, Pedro Pascal, for “Vogue.”
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
She said a Combs aide administered a lie detector test to her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025
I imagined the secret police of America would strap him to a lie detector and say, “Have you now, or ever before, played tag, freeze tag, blob tag, or oonch neech with Iranians?”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.