fib
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"Perhaps the starkest," Dr Rogers said, were her attempts to explain the cancer fib.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
If someone were to ask me how I kept my sanity this past year, I would first probably fib and come up with something literary.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
Rae’s pretext for the connection: Piano music helps her work, and Yoori was recommended by someone who overheard her practicing at the music school, a fib that the sweet but self-effacing Yoori hardly believes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Fortunately, I didn't have to fib in my reply.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
He can get so involved in a fib that you can tell he believes it enough to enjoy it.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
I also wouldn’t assign her fibs any intention other than self-preservation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
But Ulman has strung together a net of interesting observations: glances, insults, mistaken presumptions and gaslighting fibs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
The "fibs" Malone finds in Minhaj's comedy were not part of a show designed to inform the public.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
The only difference between her fibs and mine are that hers are eerie—she’s got a gift for saying things that make you anxious.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
She also bemoaned Wamsley’s “general lack of reliability” on “issues related to the protests,” which is a polite way of saying she fibbed her face off.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
Her children asked why, and she fibbed: “Oh, because I like the car.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
"It's almost time! The live event will start soon," fibbed a card keeping eager viewers on hold.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023
To scare them away, Lily fibbed that the wound resulted from a shark fight.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
"Crow and Otis are still slopping soup," Turtle fibbed.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
It also revealed that I’ve been fibbing to myself: Much as I consider myself enlightened, being unmanly in an era that worships machismo does bug me a little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some people say they've resorted to fibbing about illnesses, emigration or even prison sentences so the company will stop trying to keep them signed up.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Stunned by her blatant fibbing, I backed off.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
But for someone who is already elected, Redfield said getting caught fibbing isn’t a clear-cut end.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“It’s okay, Mom,” I comfort, fibbing to make her feel better.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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