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lie

1. the hiding place or lair of an animal
2. Golf
a. the position of the ball after a shot
b. the angle made by the shaft of the club before the upswing

Lie

Trygve Halvdan . 1896--1968, Norwegian statesman; first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946--52)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

LiE

A symbolic mathematics package aimed at Lie groups.

["LiE, a Package for Lie Group Computations", M.A.A. van Leeuwen et al, in Computer Algebra Nederland, 1992 (ISBN 90-741160-02-7)].
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I will also lie to my parents if it sometimes prevents an argument.
A sociopathic liar will lie to get their own way without any consideration of the consequence to others, no matter how harmful.
certain rat predators will lie to you they will hide behind their lies
Young women seem to lie to make allowance for others more than do men, because telling the truth is not more important for young women than are others' feelings; however, young men are inclined to tell lies for their own benefit.
Psychological research finds that 90% of people lie to a prospective date and 83% lie to get a job.
Saltz (2004) observes that liars "lie to protect themselves, look good, gain financially or socially and avoid punishment" (p.
To delve deeper into the mystery, the team devised an experiment to see the effects of two separate processes involved in lying: deciding to lie and deciding which lie to tell.
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