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The phrase "are lying to the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when accusing someone of dishonesty or deception, typically followed by a noun or pronoun indicating the target of the lie.
Example: "If you think I believe your story, you are lying to the entire team."
Alternatives: "are deceiving the" or "are misleading the".
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They are lying to the next generation of women and I don't understand why".
If you can't answer that question, I thought, you are lying to the audience.
The two candidates, with due respect, are lying to the people, or they don't know what they are talking about".
Thousands of divorcing couples are lying to the courts every year due to divorce laws which pit people against one another, the family law organisation Resolution has warned.
The defense contends that detainees are lying to the court to get even with the police for putting them in prison.
The narrator and his girlfriend are lying to the clerk about the true nature of their quest, yet by doing so they somehow stumble onto the crucial information that the hotel was once the Hokkaido Ovine Hall.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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