as in lying
law
to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury
He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony.
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Believe her or your lying eyes.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Ultimately Giovanna learns that, to a certain degree, all of the adults in her life are lying—to themselves as well as others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The works, crafted to near perfection by the Denver fabricating firm Elmendorf Geurts, are flashy pieces that turn up the volume of the Civic Center area.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
12 Jan. 2026
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The governor also went after the White House on social media, posting to X Wednesday night that the Administration is fabricating how the Minneapolis shooting played out and that the ICE agent who fired the deadly shots was not acting in self-defense.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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In response, some on the right charged that the Times and its allies in academia were negatively misrepresenting American history.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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In November 2023, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin began investigating First Choice Women’s Resource Center to see whether the nonprofit had violated state consumer fraud laws by misrepresenting its services to clients, donors and the public.—
Carly Thomsen,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
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Relying Too Much On Garbage Disposals Though the name may be deceiving, garbage disposals aren’t actually designed to dispose of all garbage.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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That level of eye-deceiving detail falters in wide shots, however, some of which suffer from unflattering flat lighting that in certain instances recall computer screensavers of yore, given their colorful artificiality.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Perjuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjuring. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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