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
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
The fate of the election lies in the ballots that teachers union members were to cast Friday.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 May 2025
Even Oklahoma City won’t be immune, though its day of reckoning lies safely tucked away behind a cellar door that won’t open for 13 months.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Verb
So even as Marshall lay next to her with his broken hip, neither of them dared hang up the phone.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
The fate of the election lies in the ballots that teachers union members were to cast Friday.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Noun
As lies unravel, Nora and Jack scramble to outsmart one another, leaving one burning question: who will come out on top in this twisted game of life and death?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 May 2025
Even Oklahoma City won’t be immune, though its day of reckoning lies safely tucked away behind a cellar door that won’t open for 13 months.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie
Noun
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The story splits its time between young Wash's misadventures and the older, adult Wash's tale of first love with a biracial woman, Tanna (Iola Evans), and a brush with danger in the form of bounty hunter, Willard (Billy Boyd).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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While the sight of Lamia carrying around the proud cockerel has the makings of an image straight out of a children’s tale, nothing in the little girl’s life has storybook qualities.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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There had been several bad news stories in recent years.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Elon Musk spread a falsehood that large numbers of undocumented immigrants are getting Social Security benefits.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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The Context The growth in measles cases comes as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers an inconsistent message about measles and pushes falsehoods about the measles vaccine.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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In fairy tales, knights sometimes wander into a village that’s being held in the thrall of a spell cast around the desires of one lucky individual.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
15 May 2025
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Archaeologists discovered the true identity of two shipwrecks in shallow waters off Cahuita National Park, on Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast, that were long thought to be pirate ships. — Perhaps a toadstool house isn’t just a fairy tale.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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“Lie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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