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Recent Examples of bad faith
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.
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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
Acting in 'bad faith' In the first hundred days since Trump took office, lawyers challenging his actions in court alleged that his administration violated court orders at least six times, according to court records reviewed by ABC News.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The primary context that has generated tax authorities about bad faith claims involves physical injury cases.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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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
Acting in 'bad faith' In the first hundred days since Trump took office, lawyers challenging his actions in court alleged that his administration violated court orders at least six times, according to court records reviewed by ABC News.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The primary context that has generated tax authorities about bad faith claims involves physical injury cases.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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The arrival of sophisticated AI might, at first glance, seem like a threat to genuine learning, potentially reducing the need for deep thought or even enabling widespread academic dishonesty.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Eleanor’s dishonesty puts her in more precarious situations, including having to speak to journalism students about ethical storytelling and a local news channel’s interest in airing a segment about her.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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More irksome is the vein of hypocrisy running through this ‘standard setting’ messaging from Sox leadership.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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The craven hypocrisy of all this no longer registers for the right.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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But the level of deceit of this entire plan is mind-boggling.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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The defense’s case largely rests on accusations that the investigation into O’Keefe’s death was mired by deceit, incompetence and bias.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 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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This stylization gives her a veneer of being disarmingly kind; but ultimately, is a form of deception that caused Sophie to fatally trust this person.—
Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Codenamed Operation Midnight Hammer, the overnight mission relied on deception, aerial refueling, and near-total radio silence to hit Iran's Fordo and Natanz enrichment facilities—sites that had withstood weeks of sustained Israeli attacks.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 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 9 Jul. 2025.
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