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I was expecting to make a couple hundred thousand off this World Cup, I’m not gonna lie, but I didn’t so I was like “OK. That kind of sucks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The president has a largely ceremonial role, responsible for representation and the promulgation of laws, while most executive powers lie with the prime minister.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

But what happens when the very existence of your twin is a lie?

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

One time out of a million the press might choose to lie or cover up the truth for what it considers higher reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

I will not lie to you and say it did not bother Clare, being called a monster.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Starmer will arrive with an entourage of industry executives hoping to promote British business through a UK-China CEO Council, a body that has lain dormant for years.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

"It's fascinating for me to see how shipwrecks that have lain there and been dived for for years and years still have new things to reveal every time people go and dive them," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

Someone close to us had died along the shoulder of a highway and had lain unnamed for more than 40 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

A rich copper belt in the north of the country has lain fallow since Macri crashed and burned in 2018.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

She’d lain awake for an hour the night before, thinking of all the things she was going to say when she met him.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

He outlined his intention to unveil a 10-year "new plan for Britain" later this year, explaining this would lay out a path to where he believes "we all want Britain to be".

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Once your dates are prepped, lay them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The real sin lay in thinking that any power to help and transform came from me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“Epstein was a masterful liar, and he clearly lied to me,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Bonta also claimed that 23andMe "lied to consumers about the severity of its 2023 data breach."

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Here, though, we learn something important: Penelope never lied to him.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“He lied because he loved to. Lying was, for him, an art, and he did it exceptionally well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Benji had lied and told Mr. Rubin they had three million left in their bank account.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

“I’d be lying if there wasn’t a bit of impostor syndrome that comes with doing your first feature and it’s so well-received,” Burwell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Former Federal Reserve official John Rogers was sentenced to 38 months in prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But ICE has provided no proof, and in Araujo’s case, eyewitnesses say the agency is lying about what happened.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

In 2024, the last year for which official data is available, the number of tourist arrivals on the islands lying to the north of Sicily was 146,000 people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

People were trying to get a ship to America, or they were sick lying in the streets of Ballilee, or just wandering out on the road as Devlin put them out of their houses.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff