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be untruthful



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It accepted that despite coaching the patient, Dr Ogbonna did not ask her to be untruthful.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

“Catherine believed she was receiving a directive to … essentially be untruthful with her school community and she believed her duty to her student, staff, and community was more paramount than following the directive.”

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

You can use this to frame a conversation about why it is appropriate, kind even, to be untruthful under certain circumstances: childhood mythologies, planning someone’s secret birthday party, kindly fibbing to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.

From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2020

Arguments for including the job: It fills the gap, it shows a career path of increasing responsibility, and it would not be untruthful to say that you left the job because of the pandemic.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2020

Does anybody want me to flatter and be untruthful?

From Getting Married by Bernard Shaw


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