falsehood
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Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv'd, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect …
From Salon • May 22, 2021
Michiko Kakutani is the author of “The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump,” released in paperback last month.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2019
“Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,/In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side,” wrote the poet James Russell Lowell. Mr.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2016
That's when a top-flight Shakespeare scholar and middling playwright named Lewis Theobald supposedly re-adapted and "improved" "Cardenio" into "Double Falsehood."
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2016
They could play, with more or less skill, upon that rich instrument Falsehood, which their institution gave them, airs of science, art, literature, and theology.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
Vocabulary lists containing falsehood
A Web of Lies
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We Were Liars
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The Misfits
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