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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.
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Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
The last round of talks collapsed in December amid charges of bad faith between Egypt and Ethiopia.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The Republicans accused the Democrats of bad faith, and the Democrats responded in kind.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
In the hands of bad faith actors, it can be used for nefarious purposes.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
The last round of talks collapsed in December amid charges of bad faith between Egypt and Ethiopia.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The Republicans accused the Democrats of bad faith, and the Democrats responded in kind.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
In the hands of bad faith actors, it can be used for nefarious purposes.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Additionally, broader negative issues include dishonesty, bullying, and mental issues.Victoria Le, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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Last season, only one couple, Amy and Johnny, made it down the aisle, while the others faced cheating allegations, dishonesty, and a storm of drama that came to a head in the explosive Season 6 reunion special.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The unending, unjust Israel-Hamas war exposes rifts in the universality of human rights and the hypocrisy of Western nations, writes Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and former professor of journalism at Princeton University.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Intended to point out the hypocrisy, the Mona installation offered an opulent retreat for female guests, who were served champagne by male butlers.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Talking in misspoken English, understanding and misunderstanding, but with no real deceit.Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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That story is the subject of the upcoming season of American Scandal, releasing on July 9th, which will dive into the corruption, deceit, and reckless ambition that have defined this country since its founding.Spenser Mestel, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
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The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Finally, in August, Peters’ duplicity caught up with her.Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Players Charley and Amarjit are collaborators in life but adversaries in this game of corporate deception, designed to lead the farmer to dispossession.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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On a gray day in February, the defendants went on trial in Manhattan, and the prosecution began by depicting Horowitz as a master of deception.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 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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And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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