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falsehood

[fawls-hood] / ˈfɔls hʊd /


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Rather than respond to every claim, Logan says his office picks its battles, intervening only when a falsehood appears likely to reach a wide audience.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

One reason we need freedom is that the government can as easily outlaw truth as falsehood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

"Anyone with a big social media following has a potential profit-taking opportunity if they spread the right falsehood at the right time."

From Barron's Jun. 13, 2026

In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as "mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos".

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

In medical school I have been befriended by an upstart neurologist, who believes I am acting out a great lifelong falsehood.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Her attempts at dialogue met with platitudes and obvious falsehoods.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

As AI falsehoods explode across social media, often outpacing the capacity of professional fact-checkers, bogus detectors risk adding another layer of deception to an already fractured information ecosystem.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Some law enforcement experts believe the repeated falsehoods are harming federal authorities both in the public eye and in the courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2026

After MI5 apologised, we then showed that inquiries into what happened by MI5 and the government were deficient and unreliable, with further falsehoods provided to the court.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2026

That Paul Marshall, Lola Quincey and she, Briony Tallis, had conspired with silence and falsehoods to send an innocent man to jail?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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