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liar

[lahy-er] / ˈlaɪ ər /


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I want to send the message that she’d better keep my name out of her mouth because I do think she is a pathological liar.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 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

His problem is that he’s a liar and a jerk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Does that mean Seehorn is an adept liar?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Why even bother trying the first time if everyone was going to call him a liar later?

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

Did suffering among the two-faced liars of L.A. ever lead her to question her commitment to music?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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

And that’s what I was—world-class stupid—because the guys I trusted turned out to be greedy, back-stabbin’ liars.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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