dissemble
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“This Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims — to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,” Rufe wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
But most of us had come to expect our leaders to duck, deal and dissemble until it would be too late.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
They don't merely exaggerate, dissemble or put a biased spin on things.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2021
You can equivocate, or dissemble, or palter, or mislead, or prevaricate, or fib, or perjure.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2021
Stannis had never learned to soften his speech, to dissemble or flatter; he said what he thought, and those that did not like it could be damned.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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