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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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Altman remained calm under the barrage, even as Molo pressed him on the testimony of other witnesses who had described him as a liar.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

He doesn't name Mr Fantasy, but suggests the person behind the music video is a "liar" and a "thief".

From BBC May 7, 2026

“Steve is a fraud. He’s a liar, and I’m not going to sit by and just let him do it anymore,” Bianco said after the Rancho Mirage debate.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

She also called Smith “a liar and a fraud.”

From Salon Mar. 25, 2026

I’m about to tell her just how much of a liar I think she is when Elsie grabs my shoulder.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

I do think she’s calling the supermajority liars.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

“Their entire case is built on murderer’s row — a bunch of liars just trying to get out of jail,” Tedford said.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

The investigators, meantime, saw the Shaws as meddling liars.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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