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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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In an interview with The Times earlier this month, Arday admitted making academic "mistakes" but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist".

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Arday has admitted to mistakes, but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist and an academic fraud."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The officers also suggested in the D.A.’s motion Flores was a habitual liar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

"He's such a liar, it was not three hours," she says.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The only time she cried was after she went to Eberechi’s house to tell her that Ugwu had died and Eberechi screamed and called her a liar; at nights those screams rang in Olanna’s head.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

Ms. Adelman describes how Lewis’s specimens fell into the hands of a series of botanists—some of them charlatans, drunkards, liars or thieves—who squandered his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Navy attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, and almost certain liars for their accounts of the incident.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

“People, unfortunately, have turned into thieves, liars and cheaters, and I don’t know what’s happened to the world, but we’ve lost our way to be kind.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

We’ re hypocrites and liars — And we all get fed.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz




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