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lie

[lahy] / laɪ /






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At the heart of this new kind of career progression lies a reprioritization of demonstrated competency over tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I just feel really shocked that he could go through with something like that, telling multiple lies to so many people," he said.

From BBC

The clip about whether that was a truth or lie went viral.

From BBC

The image depicts two children lying on the ground dressed in wellington boots, coats and winter bobble hats, one of them pointing upwards towards the sky.

From BBC

“I don’t know” is the deflection of a man who has run out of more interesting lies to tell.

From Salon