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Recent Examples of bad faith
Therefore, the Insurers are liable for breach of contract and tortious bad faith, and are liable to their Insureds for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2025
The double tax hits plaintiffs bringing many types of claims, including those for emotional distress in the absence of physical injuries, bad faith denials of insurance coverage, and defamation.
—Jeremy Babener, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The accusations of bad faith are not only perplexing but inaccurate.
—The Daily News, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.
—Shervin Malekzadeh, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2025
The double tax hits plaintiffs bringing many types of claims, including those for emotional distress in the absence of physical injuries, bad faith denials of insurance coverage, and defamation.
—Jeremy Babener, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The accusations of bad faith are not only perplexing but inaccurate.
—The Daily News, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.
—Shervin Malekzadeh, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
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Stop the madness, stop the lying and just be free.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Overstatement, gross exaggeration, outright lying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fear of uncomfortable conversations creates cultures of dishonesty, making innovation impossible.—
Curt Steinhorst,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Smee’s traumatized both by Arthur’s sudden death and Slightly’s dishonesty.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To bind oneself completely to a political party is to submit to its contradictions and hypocrisies.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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This is particularly true for Gen Zers, many of whom are savvy enough to see through hollow campaigns and quick to reject hypocrisy.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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And with that comes deceit and manipulation.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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The 2022 push for Measure B, which enabled this year’s approval of new city trash policies, was built on deceit about how much the fees would be.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
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Everything can be used as a tool for good and to build, or for bad and destruction and deception.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The question now is whether our ability to detect deception can evolve as fast as the tools that create it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 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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In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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And as the secretive Jack, Travis Van Winkle oozes oily, sexist insincerity.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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