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Recent Examples of bad faith
Taken in bad faith, some of these things might sound like apologia or good fortune, but that is the nature of tennis and of seizing the moment: winning against what is immediately in front of you.
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James Hansen, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Union members authorized the strike, with 99% voting in support of it weeks after filing a complaint with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board alleging bad faith bargaining.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
What this fight does tell us, however, is that unlike neighboring Korea, China’s foray into exporting its soft power will likely be fraught with distrust and even bad faith.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
Very quickly, the initial claims of trust and friendship would be followed by accusations of bad faith.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2017
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James Hansen, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
Union members authorized the strike, with 99% voting in support of it weeks after filing a complaint with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board alleging bad faith bargaining.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
What this fight does tell us, however, is that unlike neighboring Korea, China’s foray into exporting its soft power will likely be fraught with distrust and even bad faith.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
Very quickly, the initial claims of trust and friendship would be followed by accusations of bad faith.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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Moore’s radical departure from his own 2023 assessment demonstrates a dishonesty and expediency that represents the antithesis of Maryland’s sharp but collegial politics under Hogan and his Democratic colleagues.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2025
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But the thought of a person who spreads the kind of dishonesty, quackery and junk science that Kennedy habitually does — especially about our precious kiddos — is nothing short of stomach churning.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Beijing and Moscow have not hesitated to inflame the world’s resentment of America, emphasizing the United States’ purported hypocrisy for prioritizing Ukraine as conflicts rage elsewhere and for ignoring the high civilian casualties incurred in Israel’s war in Gaza.—
Ivo H. Daalder,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Jan. 2025
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Homan, who is overseeing the policy, accused the Catholic leader of hypocrisy for supporting a wall around the Vatican while opposing the Trump administration's intention to control American borders.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yet the findings of science challenged this way of thinking, and Kingsley grew increasingly uneasy with the deceit and parasitism science uncovered in the natural world.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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These, puppet masters could win an Emmy Award through deceit and coercion to further their own goals at the expense of others.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In her four years on Bravo, the baby girl of Summer House has experienced duplicity, vitriol, and audacity (sometimes all at once from Lindsay Hubbard), but that couldn’t have prepared her for the Peacock competition series.—
Zoë Haylock,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Queen’s duplicity and thirst for vengeance make a stunning showcase for Lewek’s electric sense of drama, brilliant tone, and spitfire technique.—
Matthew Gurewitsch,
airmail.news,
17 Aug. 2024
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The series was loosely inspired by the non-fiction book The Woman Who Fooled the World, written by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the two journalists who uncovered the details of Gibson’s deception.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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One of the great joys of the U.S. version of The Traitors is watching familiar faces across the reality TV map converge in a game of strategy and deception (and, yes, mehrduhr).—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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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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