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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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I want to send the message that she’d better keep my name out of her mouth because I do think she is a pathological liar.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

In an interview with The Times earlier this month, Arday admitted making academic "mistakes" but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist".

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Then Ana de Armas calls him a liar and walks out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

His problem is that he’s a liar and a jerk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Aru didn’t think so, given that he’d called her mom a liar.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Navy attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, and almost certain liars for their accounts of the incident.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

But unlike “All the President’s Men,” there is sympathy this time for the liars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

“Only fools and liars speak with certainty about things beyond their control,” he replied.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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