deception
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His deception about the affair with the Megaspeed executive has already drawn a shareholder lawsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
But few appeared fooled by the deception, the Republican voter said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Those concerns are particularly acute with someone like Holmes, who was convicted of defrauding investors through an elaborate web of deception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
At the time the three confederations accused him of breaking trust "through deception" over the Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, and "a profound failure of judgement...these are not the qualities football deserves in its leadership."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But there was nothing I could see, which may only have meant they were good at deception, as good as I was.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Robert McDonald, a former high-ranking Secret Service agent with experience working on presidential security details, told the BBC that smaller-scale deceptions are used frequently during motorcade operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
As “Love Island” alumnus Rob Rausch frequently reminded us and himself, whatever deceptions he committed were all part of playing a game.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Pandaram, meanwhile, is an uxorious family man struggling to marry off a spoiled daughter, and the story turns on the scams and deceptions he faces in arranging her future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
This time it was Elsie's failing health that kept him out of prison and he stayed quiet until her death in 2002 before the deceptions dangerously escalated.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Lies were told and then exposed, begetting more lies to explain away the initial deceptions.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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A Web of Lies
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"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Lingo of Illusion and Deception
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