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Recent Examples of bad faith
Whether or not this kind of bad faith use of eminent domain is constitutional is a somewhat open question.
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Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Luis Cazares, an Altadena homeowner, sued the plan on May 2, alleging bad faith and breach of contract.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
With a few prominent exceptions like The Atlantic's Connor Friedersdorf, who to his credit has condemned the new witch hunts against Palestinian activists, their commitment to campus free speech has turned out to be nothing but empty clout-chasing and bad faith.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Insurance bad faith litigation recoveries can be significant, in some cases dwarfing the underlying dispute.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Luis Cazares, an Altadena homeowner, sued the plan on May 2, alleging bad faith and breach of contract.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
With a few prominent exceptions like The Atlantic's Connor Friedersdorf, who to his credit has condemned the new witch hunts against Palestinian activists, their commitment to campus free speech has turned out to be nothing but empty clout-chasing and bad faith.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Insurance bad faith litigation recoveries can be significant, in some cases dwarfing the underlying dispute.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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Blurring The Lines Of Academic Integrity As AI tools become more accessible, the boundary between acceptable support and academic dishonesty is increasingly unclear.—
Ulrich Boser,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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But their mixture of love, dishonesty, competition and aggression may also remind viewers of two other sets of brothers: Jacob and Esau, and Cain and Abel.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Mafalda is a young girl who hates soup and hypocrisy and loves democracy and the Beatles.—
Alex Dueben
July 21,
Literary Hub,
21 July 2025
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Unfortunately, her story has become a symbol of hypocrisy rather than hope.—
State Sen. MD Rahman,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
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In the 21st century, varying degrees of financial deceit — from the Enron accounting scandal to the devastating consequences of massive Ponzi schemes like the one run by Bernie Madoff — continue to impact people across the country.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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Every fraudulent claim becomes part of the data used to set next year’s rates, creating a feedback loop where today’s deceit has the potential to become tomorrow’s financial burden.—
Paulina Wierzbicka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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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
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Last summer, an exponentially growing audience of fans watched her fall head-over-heels for Brit Aaron Evans, only to be left heartbroken over his deception and sobbing to an entirely too appropriate Sabrina Carpenter song chosen by the show's editors.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Finding The Right Balance The cost of workplace deception is more than just a nasty surprise come employee feedback day.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes.com,
15 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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