untruth
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"That exchange on that issue demonstrates that she's capable of saying a terrible untruth," Vaughan said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Like some of her real-world counterparts, Madame M. is essentially a chief disinformation officer more interested in supplying untruth than decrying it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
It follows that millions of applications have been filed over the years with some untruth inside, with the vast majority being approved.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
The purpose is not to forward any one particular untruth, but to throw out so many conflicting and outrageous claims that people no longer know what to believe, or what they might do about it.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Whether any of the campaign’s untruths make a lasting impression on voters depends on many factors, including whether they become the subject of ads, a memorable debate moment or a campaign trail meme, Jamieson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2023
"I am here to do one thing and one thing only: to set the record straight and to call out some untruths."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2023
Oh, the wicked liar, oh, the shameless untruths she was telling!
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
