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untrue

[uhn-troo] / ʌnˈtru /


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And he’s saying things, even on “Saturday Night Live,” that were patently untrue… Even when he says, “Did you think I was going to be a chill, normal dude?”

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The attorney said those allegations are untrue and declined to comment further.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"We wish to clarify that the document and information in question do not originate from official sources and are untrue," it said on Telegram.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Like I said, there isn’t really much you can do about that, and it isn’t your problem if they want to think untrue things about you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

And Graham once more snatched her aloft, and she again punished him; and while she pulled his lion's locks, termed him—"The naughtiest, rudest, worst, untruest person that ever was."

From Villette by Charlotte Brontë


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