as in deceives
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
would I lie to you about that?
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as in lurks
to remain out of sight
paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout
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as in tales
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 lies
Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Below lies a two-level beach club of over 1,770 square feet with 180-degree views across the ocean.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
The south pole lies directly on the crater rim.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
The curious exoplanet is 29 Cygni b, a gas giant with around 15 times the mass of Jupiter that lies 133 light-years away from Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
What lies beneath is a complicated legal situation.
—Elizabeth Mendenhall, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
In an era when AI is redefining knowledge, work, and power, Pichai’s influence lies not only in what Google builds, but in how widely it is used.
—Andrew Ng, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
The survey said the first tornado was an EF-2 located in Ottawa, a town that lies just west of Hillsdale.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
Most likely, the league average for success lies somewhere in between.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
But is Duncan the devil who manipulates, lies and emotionally blackmails anyone in his orbit?
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Needless to say, something very sinister and deadly lies at the end of their path.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
This may be where the true value in weight-loss pills lies.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Willy Loman will keep dying and keep living as long as the country that birthed him keeps peddling its own grand, intoxicating lies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Honest mistakes and statements made from lapses of memory are not lies.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The flip side is that 1 in 10 AI answers is wrong, and for Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
Mulligan decided to be her own body double for the next take, when Max Greenfield and Chris Lowell console each other as her body lies limp next to them.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Below lies a two-level beach club of over 1,770 square feet with 180-degree views across the ocean.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
The south pole lies directly on the crater rim.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
The curious exoplanet is 29 Cygni b, a gas giant with around 15 times the mass of Jupiter that lies 133 light-years away from Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
What lies beneath is a complicated legal situation.
—Elizabeth Mendenhall, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
In an era when AI is redefining knowledge, work, and power, Pichai’s influence lies not only in what Google builds, but in how widely it is used.
—Andrew Ng, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
The survey said the first tornado was an EF-2 located in Ottawa, a town that lies just west of Hillsdale.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
Most likely, the league average for success lies somewhere in between.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
But is Duncan the devil who manipulates, lies and emotionally blackmails anyone in his orbit?
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Needless to say, something very sinister and deadly lies at the end of their path.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
This may be where the true value in weight-loss pills lies.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Willy Loman will keep dying and keep living as long as the country that birthed him keeps peddling its own grand, intoxicating lies.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Honest mistakes and statements made from lapses of memory are not lies.
—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The flip side is that 1 in 10 AI answers is wrong, and for Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lies
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Amid social turmoil, three intertwining tales of disillusioned misfits collide under the machinations of an all-seeing institution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, these supernatural tales drop into the story as conveniences rather than as spiritual experiences.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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The reality, though, is that Polymarket has been criticized for dealing in the language of journalism while peddling wildly irresponsible falsehoods.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Morganroth’s previous stops in at least four states and numerous publications were also marked by falsehoods and fabrications about her background, The Denver Post found.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, human resources departments noticed that applicants used the résumé to tell white lies, and even bigger fibs, listing fictitious degrees, fake promotions and other embellishments.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Her other fibs may be humorous, but the film never mocks her.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
15 Nov. 2025
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Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.—
John Connelly,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
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Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Netflix is putting a fresh spin on one of the most beloved fairy tales of all time — and Amanda Seyfried is stepping into the glass slipper.—
Ryan Brennan
April 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Not even Roosevelt believed in such fairy tales.—
Gaby Del Valle,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Morganroth’s previous stops in at least four states and numerous publications were also marked by falsehoods and fabrications about her background, The Denver Post found.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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As models have grown more complex, some hallucinate with more persuasive fabrications.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Lies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lies. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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