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Recent Examples of bad faith
What is clear from the facts is that claims of bad faith on the company’s part are simply not accurate.
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The Daily News, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Their lawsuit accused California's fire insurer of last resort of bad faith, breach of contract and other wrongdoing—behaviors that would constitute a violation of the state's customer protection laws.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Dismissing reasonable concerns as bad faith whining?
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 July 2025
Under federal securities laws, companies that make material misstatements or omissions in a stock prospectus or other financial representations can be found liable even without evidence of ill intent or bad faith.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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The Daily News, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Their lawsuit accused California's fire insurer of last resort of bad faith, breach of contract and other wrongdoing—behaviors that would constitute a violation of the state's customer protection laws.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Dismissing reasonable concerns as bad faith whining?
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 July 2025
Under federal securities laws, companies that make material misstatements or omissions in a stock prospectus or other financial representations can be found liable even without evidence of ill intent or bad faith.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
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Unrestricted access without guidance can breed dependency, misinformation, or even academic dishonesty.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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His previous troubles hinted at similar dishonesty as his Viagra shenanigans.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
Noun
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The show’s about religious hypocrisy and being conned.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Still, Akerman's performance makes the case that hypocrisy can be liberating.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Gi-seok had been caught up in the delicate web of power and deceit that holds Seoul’s two major gangs—the Juwoon Group and the Bongsan Group—in place.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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What begins as a convenient living arrangement spirals into a dangerous game of desire and deceit.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 July 2025
Noun
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No, the movies in the novel are real, the suffering is real, the evasions and duplicities are real.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
Noun
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The deception here is the notion that these four men are playing against one another, cards or dice or some type of game.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Clown references imply the fans are in on Swift's schemes, here for the deception and recognize the serious undertones beneath the singer's stage makeup.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Hugo would likely have been repelled and fascinated by Trump’s demagoguery, his rambling mendacity, his grammatically illogical but easy-to-follow oratory.—
Graham Robb,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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