deception

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In Turner’s new Prime Video series, she plays a finance worker who gets caught up in a complex web of deception after her office is held up by thieves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

After Scotty’s death, Ledger became a staple in Diem’s life, and the budding romance with Kenna tangles everyone into a gnarled knot of low-stakes deception and drama.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

It was found that they were "obvious and deliberate breaches" which also "involved deception and concealment in relation to financial matters".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Striking them down would send a very different message: that deception and abuse can be shielded by the First Amendment when delivered through the power of a professional license.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

The suggestion he’d been a liar, with his family as co-conspirators, egging him on with his deception and denial.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel