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deceitfulness



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"We all have this little bit of deceitfulness inside us," he argues.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

A group that basically admits their deceitfulness upfront, they issued many demands for internal rule changes in their many meetings with McCarthy and other Republicans.

From Washington Post Jan. 3, 2023

But the one consistent reason to watch is Scott Foley’s nimble, convincing performance as the reality show’s producer, a master manipulator whose deceitfulness is so sincere that you can’t help rooting for him.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2021

The game was to expose and/or to exploit photography’s deceitfulness, with implicit criticism of a culture industry bent on deluding the masses.

From The New Yorker May 6, 2019

It would be mere deceitfulness in me were I to tell you that I am not charmed with the splendor that surrounds me.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever




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