insincerity

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Noun
  • Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings from the highest level of the military, BODYGUARD OF LIES exposes the tangled web of deception fed to the American public by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 May 2025
  • Mauriello, a senior lecturer at the University of Maryland, said in his experience, people's sympathetic nervous system could be activated by a host of reasons — beyond deception.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lia Thomas stole a medal through deceit, and this rag has the gall to call him a 'champion'?
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Maeve doubles down on her deceit, lying to Conrad to cover her own ass.
    EW.com, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Twain was both a brilliant writer who exposed America’s hypocrisies with humor and wit, and an angry man who savored revenge, nursed grudges and blamed God for the blows fate rained down on his head.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • But with the the Midnight Cowboy star and his inner circle making a number of films themselves overseas and in Canada, their hypocrisy seems glaring and perhaps self-serving.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine guzzling faux-intellectual whose devotion to the acting craft is presented as a vainglorious affectation.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The interaction between Briony and Jamie starts off amiably, with Jamie needling Briony for her posh affectations.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the source material, Dina’s pregnancy is used as an excuse to leave her behind in the theatre, pitting players as Ellie alone, who can set aside any pretenses of the journey being anything more than a revenge mission without her partner’s safety to worry about.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025
  • Republicans who fall for this scheme are abandoning any pretense of free-market principles.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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