untruth
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"That exchange on that issue demonstrates that she's capable of saying a terrible untruth," Vaughan said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Like some of her real-world counterparts, Madame M. is essentially a chief disinformation officer more interested in supplying untruth than decrying it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
It follows that millions of applications have been filed over the years with some untruth inside, with the vast majority being approved.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
That is because factual untruth requires continuous additional untruths to cover over and sustain the original one.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
I am quite sure he would have no reason to tell an untruth.’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
"This has convinced me to write down my own thoughts and memories, once and for all," he said, adding many opinions were "based on untruths that have become accepted over time".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was a full-blooded attempt at character assassination, a branding of Rodgers as untrustful, a perpetrator of untruths, a spreader of falsehoods; divisive, misleading and unacceptable.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Every decision you take is based on false grounds if you allow untruths to rage unchecked.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2024
She informed me that nosy Frau Henkel has been gossiping untruths on our doorstep.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
