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Recent Examples of bad faith
Woods also accused the prosecutor’s office of bad faith negotiating in October after a second and potential third plea deal were squashed at the last minute.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
There’s a certain segment of the entertainment press that seems determined to hold it on a pedestal despite how genuinely terrible the writing was and how unsatisfying its mystery and revelations were, not to mention its bad faith attempts at drawing narrative connections to the first season.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Commission staff push back against other claims as bad faith attacks.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2024
In Korea and Vietnam, the Soviet Union and its partners stalled negotiations, insisting on the most pedantic points, accusing the U.S. of bad faith, and starting with outlandish demands that, if the U.S. were to satisfy them, would have amounted to capitulation.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
There’s a certain segment of the entertainment press that seems determined to hold it on a pedestal despite how genuinely terrible the writing was and how unsatisfying its mystery and revelations were, not to mention its bad faith attempts at drawing narrative connections to the first season.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Commission staff push back against other claims as bad faith attacks.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2024
In Korea and Vietnam, the Soviet Union and its partners stalled negotiations, insisting on the most pedantic points, accusing the U.S. of bad faith, and starting with outlandish demands that, if the U.S. were to satisfy them, would have amounted to capitulation.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
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Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The reports were met with ridicule and frustration from Reddit users, many of whom branded Musk's attempt to suppress the conversation as hypocrisy, given Musk's previous commitment to free speech.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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But one of the most egregious is the dizzying hypocrisy shown by several members of the chat, including Hegseth, Rubio, and Waltz.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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As part of a review of the unit, police officials wrote that Brown, the detective assigned to the Shores case, did not investigate it for more than a year and left behind signs of suspicious activity or possible deceit.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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When confronted, deceit turns their romantic evening into a darkly comedic nightmare.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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The timing makes his duplicity clear: Target sold Pride merchandise peacefully and in large part profitably for a decade.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
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For the moment, however, in the aftermath of the Taliban’s duplicity about al Qaeda, the best option would be to find modest, pragmatic ways of cooperating, even as all parties watch each other with deep suspicion.—
Graeme Smith,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2022
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This capability to detect deception should be a warning to everyone who relies on AI for critical thinking tasks.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Not only do language barriers complicate your talking with her parents, but the deception has already begun — this girl has been regularly visiting your home under false pretenses.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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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 12 Apr. 2025.
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