lied

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“My client lied to the police. He lied to his lawyers in this case. And that’s a hard, hard hole to dig out of.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The first was that a key witness, one who claimed he had heard Whitton confess to the crime while in prison, had lied to the court about having a criminal record.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

“Really where the pain comes in for people is feeling like they’re being lied to or manipulated,” Burke said.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Two years later, Guardiola said he would walk away from City if he felt the club's hierarchy had ever lied to him.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“My papa...got conscripted. Our village’s old magistrate lied to the conscription officers. We just found out about it, and I came here to ask the tsar to send him back from Rûm.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack