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Recent Examples of bad faith
The complaint contains claims for negligence, bad faith, conspiracy and related grievances.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Neither bad faith nor bad habits on the part of either side relieves us of the duty to stand for the Constitution, the rule of law, and the proper separation of powers.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
Such naked ambition in the executive branch is also the result of a dysfunctional Congress, along with bad faith efforts to ignore the judiciary.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
There’s no need for a Yale University law degree to notice that the vice president is making a bad faith effort for more executive power.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Neither bad faith nor bad habits on the part of either side relieves us of the duty to stand for the Constitution, the rule of law, and the proper separation of powers.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
Such naked ambition in the executive branch is also the result of a dysfunctional Congress, along with bad faith efforts to ignore the judiciary.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
There’s no need for a Yale University law degree to notice that the vice president is making a bad faith effort for more executive power.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
Noun
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For example, talking about a co-worker's dishonesty or whether children are safe around someone—though disparaging toward that individual—may have widespread benefit, McAndrew said.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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In April 2021, state prosecutors said, Teran sent court records related to roughly three dozen deputies to a subordinate to evaluate for possible inclusion in internal databases that prosecutors use to track officers accused of dishonesty and other misconduct.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Beneath the sarcasm and satire, there appears to be a genuine desire to challenge assumptions, expose hypocrisy, and shine a light on uncomfortable truths and double standards.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The play becomes a delta itself, where tributary identities—Muslim, Yoruba, traditional, modern—mingle and, when the priest’s hypocrisy is exposed, surge toward confrontation.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
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Defense attorney Alan Jackson told the jury the collision never happened, and the investigation into Read was riddled with errors, bias, incompetence and deceit from the start.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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In economic markets, maintaining a consumer’s freedom of choice requires regulations against coercion and deceit.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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No, his duplicity and shilling were on full display before, during and after his first term.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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No, his duplicity and shilling were on full display before, during and after his first term.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Erosion Of Trust Through Inconsistent Words Many people associate the breakdown of trust with major betrayals like infidelity or deception.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Warrantless search and seizure, deception, untrammeled use of force.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 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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“Bad faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20faith. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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