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falsehood

[fawls-hood] / ˈfɔls hʊd /


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The pitch is that better tools would enable us to separate fact from falsehood more efficiently.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Iran's Revolutionary Guards also said that no US Navy vessel has "dared" approach the Strait of Hormuz, calling Wright's claim a "pure falsehood."

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

British policy toward China, Lord Patten continued, had rested on a "falsehood" that "in order to do business with them, we must avoid saying anything they don't like or doing anything that they don't like".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

There is simply no evidence that Powell misused public funds, or that his testimony to Congress about the project contained a single falsehood.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

That he should never have been able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciously through Emma’s brain; but still, if it were a falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen




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