lie
Example Sentences
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Resorting to facial recognition and other technologies addresses the reality that self-reported age has proven unreliable, with minors routinely lying about their birthdates to circumvent platform safety measures.
From Barron's
“Because your old man wouldn’t lie to you. How are things there?”
From Literature
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One can agree with much of this, and here perhaps lies the problem: It all depends on how you define these aims.
“You lied!” she yelled, as her feet hit the water.
From Literature
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Where I could just lie in the grass.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.