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Recent Examples of bad faith
Very quickly, the initial claims of trust and friendship would be followed by accusations of bad faith.
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Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2017
According to Gonzalez, bad faith financial actors can get extremely popular online by knowing how to market themselves.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
The Washington Post is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams.
—Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
This attempt at lowering royalty payments to an already beleaguered songwriter community is in the worst bad faith and a perversion of the Copyright Royalty Board settlement that the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the National Music Publishers Assn.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
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Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2017
According to Gonzalez, bad faith financial actors can get extremely popular online by knowing how to market themselves.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
The Washington Post is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams.
—Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
This attempt at lowering royalty payments to an already beleaguered songwriter community is in the worst bad faith and a perversion of the Copyright Royalty Board settlement that the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the National Music Publishers Assn.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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There is also conflicting data on how well these assessments correct for dishonesty.Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But Biden’s pardon doesn’t just showcase his penchant for dishonesty.Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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This hypocrisy is rancid but irrelevant to those for whom the end justifies any means, including cold-blooded murder.Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Loudermilk appeared on Life, Liberty, and Levin Saturday to point out Cheney’s hypocrisy.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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In the forthcoming season, fans of the nail-biting series can anticipate Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause, Britney Spears’ ex Sam Asghari, and Zac Efron’s younger brother Dylan to compete in a game of skill and deceit.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government is trying to urge the nation to continue the struggle, even as its officials at all levels engage in corruption and deceit.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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This helps Harrow’s case, but getting hard evidence of Valya’s duplicity will help even more.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
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Zach Bannon, a spokesman for Hovde, accused Baldwin of duplicity for, in effect, saying one thing about price gouging in the Senate and doing another with her campaign fund.Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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The paper adds to a small but growing body of evidence that today’s most advanced AI models are becoming capable of strategic deception.Billy Perrigo, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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This is a game of deception after all, and everyone is in on it.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Biden’s half-century political career is littered with mendacity, self-dealing, and crass calculations.The Editors, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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