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In Berkeley, Daniel Ellsberg exposed government lies by releasing the Pentagon Papers.
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Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
There were already a few signs of the personalities inside, including a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories lying by one bed, a feather serving as a makeshift bookmark.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The same judge also handled the Dominion-Fox News case and made a similar ruling that the network repeated numerous lies by Trump’s allies about his 2020 loss despite internal communications showing Fox officials knew the claims were bogus.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
The dog would go out to do business stare at you and poop on the concrete, then go back in and lay by the door my sister should be walking through.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
There were already a few signs of the personalities inside, including a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories lying by one bed, a feather serving as a makeshift bookmark.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The same judge also handled the Dominion-Fox News case and made a similar ruling that the network repeated numerous lies by Trump’s allies about his 2020 loss despite internal communications showing Fox officials knew the claims were bogus.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
The dog would go out to do business stare at you and poop on the concrete, then go back in and lay by the door my sister should be walking through.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Lie by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20by. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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