lie detector
Example Sentences
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Rhino poaching almost doubled in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite interventions including dehorning and lie detector tests for rangers, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
There were heated confrontations, stunning accusations and even lie detector tests, but one of the season’s best moments came via a reconciliation effort.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
All three balls were authenticated by SCP Auctions through notarized affidavits and lie detector tests.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
In the “Materialists” press tour, Johnson is more freely magnetic, sitting for another “Vanity Fair” lie detector test and answering cheeky, rapid-fire questions with her co-star, Pedro Pascal, for “Vogue.”
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
She’d say the police would do much better handing out vines of the white trumpet flowers to the accused than hooking them up to a lie detector.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
