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Noun
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Activists have decried the decision as hypocrisy.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025 -
The hypocrisy of monarchy in one flight #AbolishTheMonarchy.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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His plays gleefully plumb the wickedest aspects of the human psyche, delivering tales of relentless conquest, Jewish perfidy, deals with the devil, and gay love.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The values Homer elevated, especially those of male honor and female duplicity, established parameters for the war story (and not only the war story) for centuries to come.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan publicly denounced Soviet duplicity.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Watching the song’s polarizing music video, which uses digital trickery to reunite the surviving Beatles with their late mates, projected behind McCartney and his band on a massive screen is trippy, and hard for the brain to comprehend.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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But there’s no trickery in those matches — the big ones are pay-per-view promoted events.—
Jeremy Herb,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Don’t get too comfortable because the toxicity, lies and deception are about to return.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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The 5-foot-11, 154-pound Imai throws a mix of six pitches, but is more than simply a deception specialist.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The patties themselves — two 3-ouncers; a combo of chuck, brisket and short rib — were bold and well-seasoned and dangerously flirting with the line between meaty juiciness and greasy slipperiness.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
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The slipperiness becomes a source of misunderstanding when a cat is caught up a tree.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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The most straightforward way to account for this preternatural smoothness is a period of inflation that provides time for the baby universe to reach a uniform temperature.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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Extra Smooth Sensitive Women’s Razor is uniquely designed for women with even the most sensitive skin, delivering up to 30 days of long-lasting smoothness.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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