as in to deceive
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
would I lie to you about that?
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as in tale
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie
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Recent Examples of lie
Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Thirty seconds later, that man is lying dead.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
By the time Kendra’s lies were discovered, the family was being hounded by debt collectors and were in danger of losing their home.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Ahead of you lies a day—or a week, a fall, or a lifetime—of leisurely unwinding.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Thirty seconds later, that man is lying dead.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
But Kruse and Fialko argued the elder abuse narrative is a lie, a legal weapon used by Priscilla and Morgan to silence and erase their contractual claims.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
By the time Kendra’s lies were discovered, the family was being hounded by debt collectors and were in danger of losing their home.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie
Noun
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The tale is pilfered from the Aeneid, but Virgil would blench to see the curtain rise on Jupiter, dandling Ganymede, a beautiful boy, upon his knee.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Then, in February, after an early version of the site was ready, a story about Shield Seniors and Tejasvi appeared in the Dallas Observer, bringing her to the attention of the people at AARP.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The rippling fallout of war on families has long been fertile ground for cinema — trauma is calcified while secrets from the past become myths, either perpetuated long enough to solidify into fact or exposed as falsehoods that cause entire identities to be questioned.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Doctors say medical misinformation has gotten worse A new survey of doctors shows medical falsehoods have grown not only online, but also within the medical exam rooms where doctors and patients interact.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
20 Aug. 2025
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From Shakespearean comedies to Disney fairy tales, the sign of a life well lived is so often a woman standing by a man, vowing to obey and sealed with wedding bells.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The design, revealed Friday on the official Disney Parks Blog, aims to better showcase the castle's architecture and pay tribute to its fairy tale roots.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Lie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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