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But that’s another thing about the book that the film touches on, where Shelley gets much more at the ways in which [Victor] is lying to himself as well as to everybody else.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Bovo’s administration accused him of lying to the media.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The fact that Day proceeded to lie to Spielberg about it after the fact by pretending like the whole sketch was cut rather than just his cameo at the end.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The revelations represent a stunning about-turn in a case for which Azevedo had yet to appear in court to face felony charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to a government agency, which could carry up to 20 years on the most serious count.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Bovo’s administration accused him of lying to the media.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The fact that Day proceeded to lie to Spielberg about it after the fact by pretending like the whole sketch was cut rather than just his cameo at the end.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The revelations represent a stunning about-turn in a case for which Azevedo had yet to appear in court to face felony charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to a government agency, which could carry up to 20 years on the most serious count.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Lie to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20to. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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