as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales?
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Recent Examples of fairy tale
And despite the slow encroachment of the luxury market, the town still feels like a fairy tale pocket of the world, with most visitors assiduously trying to keep it that way.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Here’s a look at some memorable, fairy tale dinners.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Feb. 2026
Brian Vickers The former NASCAR driver Brian Vickers emailed Epstein in March 2012 with a message that begins like a children's fairy tale.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The group’s notebooks read like fragments of fairy tales or magical realism—years of stories within stories within stories, like Russian nesting dolls.
—Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Here’s a look at some memorable, fairy tale dinners.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 Feb. 2026
Brian Vickers The former NASCAR driver Brian Vickers emailed Epstein in March 2012 with a message that begins like a children's fairy tale.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The group’s notebooks read like fragments of fairy tales or magical realism—years of stories within stories within stories, like Russian nesting dolls.
—Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairy tale
Noun
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Chickering adds that under its new owners, TikTok has more control over what shows up on American feeds, but this control, according to Chickering, is where TikTok’s opportunity - and risk - lies.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Malliotakis has a history of spreading misleading information and incendiary lies tying immigrants to crimes, despite data showing immigrants commit crimes at far lower rates than others.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The film vaguely follows the basic outline of the first half of the novel, heavily streamlining the twisted tale of family strife and generational trauma into a more conventional tragic romance centered squarely on Catherine and Heathcliff.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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The least satisfying tales involve a group of reasonable counterparties teaming up against a single aggressor, like an Indiana man who’s turned his grandmother’s house into an unauthorized urban farm.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Besides the deceased, who appears more as a spectre in pictures, letters and memories, the men in this story take a back seat, with three generations of women at the center of the narrative.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.—
Robin Opsahl,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
13 Feb. 2026
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