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[fawls] / fɔls /




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“These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false.”

From Los Angeles Times

A number of factors, including currency translation, a pullback in insurance underwriting and the way some holdings such as Occidental Petroleum are treated for accounting purposes painted a false picture of weakness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Noem had previously attracted controversy after a false anecdote appeared in her memoir that she once met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

From BBC

It’s going about as well as you might expect: Students are losing hundreds of dollars on false rumors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The bots possess an exhausting reflex to present both sides of every issue, creating a false, artificial balance even when the counterargument is absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal