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Recent Examples of bad faith
The collapse of the talks wasn’t the fault of bad faith or clumsy diplomacy.
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Insurance bad faith claims can stem from different factors, including when an insurance company refuses to settle a claim within policy limits and therefore risks exposing its client to a larger liability at trial.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Yet in the early years of the insurgency there were talks to try and reach a settlement, until both sides accused each other of bad faith.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The association further claims the developers engaged in bad faith actions, including inflating operating expense projections by 300-400%, using costly municipal water instead of canal water, installing substandard materials, and failing to maintain access trails.
—Awilda Esteras, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bad faith
Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Insurance bad faith claims can stem from different factors, including when an insurance company refuses to settle a claim within policy limits and therefore risks exposing its client to a larger liability at trial.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Yet in the early years of the insurgency there were talks to try and reach a settlement, until both sides accused each other of bad faith.
—Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
The association further claims the developers engaged in bad faith actions, including inflating operating expense projections by 300-400%, using costly municipal water instead of canal water, installing substandard materials, and failing to maintain access trails.
—Awilda Esteras, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
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His lying has finally caught up with him.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Huang throws the first group dinner of the series and, when confronted with both the rumors and the lying, quits on the spot.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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After excusing herself briefly from the conversation, Patricia returns to find the other guests whispering to Shelby about Patricia’s history of dishonesty about almost being a Boogeyman victim.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Since generative AI became widely available, in fall 2022, Princeton has seen rising academic dishonesty.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Honest behavior has to do with telling the truth, but also prevents cheating, stealing, misleading, promise-breaking, fraud, self-deception, hypocrisy, BS-ing.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Lama, a social activist of several decades, sheds any sense of artifice in playing the headstrong Pirati, a woman whose convictions are as compelling as her desires, her vulnerabilities and even her hypocrisies.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Unlike the recent Margo’s Got Money Troubles, a series intent on adding human texture to all our preconceptions about online adult performers, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed seems more interested in the dramatic potential of intimate deceit.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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But those movies, in different ways, were about trickery and deceit, about drawing the audience into a head game of perception.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Diplomacy and the pragmatic duplicity that sometimes accompanies it are ingrained at every level of Iran’s political class.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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For some, the implications of duplicity and obscured identity in the line could well apply to its author—and thereby hangs a tale.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Widespread deception was rampant, with businesses spending far more on green marketing than on actual sustainability improvements.—
Suvrat Dhanorkar,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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That, along with the angle of his arm—his arm slot, in baseball terms—adds another layer of deception.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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As far back as two centuries ago, visitors to Russia complained about its people’s chronic mendacity, undiminished among its leadership today.—
Max Hastings,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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As far back as two centuries ago, visitors to Russia complained about its people’s chronic mendacity, undiminished among its leadership today.—
Max Hastings,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Allen’s combo of flip insincerity and kindly concern is a terrific treat, recalling Bill Murray at his doofy best.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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