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Recent Examples of bad faith
Acting in 'bad faith' In the first hundred days since Trump took office, lawyers challenging his actions in court alleged that his administration violated court orders at least six times, according to court records reviewed by ABC News.
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The primary context that has generated tax authorities about bad faith claims involves physical injury cases.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Failure to satisfy estate tax for example, can result in personal liability for unpaid tax, even if the executor lacked bad faith.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Tehran has accused the U.S. of bad faith, citing broken promises under the original deal.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
The primary context that has generated tax authorities about bad faith claims involves physical injury cases.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Failure to satisfy estate tax for example, can result in personal liability for unpaid tax, even if the executor lacked bad faith.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Tehran has accused the U.S. of bad faith, citing broken promises under the original deal.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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The arrival of sophisticated AI might, at first glance, seem like a threat to genuine learning, potentially reducing the need for deep thought or even enabling widespread academic dishonesty.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Eleanor’s dishonesty puts her in more precarious situations, including having to speak to journalism students about ethical storytelling and a local news channel’s interest in airing a segment about her.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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That kind of hypocrisy on self-enrichment could become a weak point for the GOP and a clear opening for Democrats to attack.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
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From the master-of-disguise frogfish to a butt-biting jackal and a multi headed caterpillar playing the decoy, these are the masters of deception and deceit.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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When a simple mistake turns into a fatal error for one of his patients, Sam tries to bury the truth under a facade of perfection, knowing that a lifetime of deceit is about to be exposed.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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This duplicity and playing different patrons off of each other would be carried on by his political heirs.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Recently recovered emails, messages, photos, and videos reveal the depths of the deception.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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Even commercial amusements that played with illusion, such as trompe l’oeil paintings and chess-playing automatons, helped train Americans of all classes to identify the signs of deception.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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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 19 Jun. 2025.
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