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lie by

[lahy-bahy] / ˈlaɪˌbaɪ /




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Mr Sattizahn, who worked at the company from 2018 to 2024, responded in testimony to the committee by calling Meta's response to the Washington Post report a "lie by avoidance."

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

It was an outrageous lie by insinuation, but why he lied is not mysterious.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024

More lie by a nearby fence and outside a local church where people stopped last evening to leave plush animals and candles as well to console each other.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2023

Subsequently, as the investigation continued, Amazon tried to “cover up its lie by offering ever-shifting explanations” of its policies, the letter said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

Many dying elephants would lie by that body of water, which became what people called an elephant graveyard.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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