unreliable narrator
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His second day of testimony in federal court in Oakland, California grew testy at times, as OpenAI's lawyers sought to portray the Tesla tycoon as an unreliable narrator of the company's history.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
The psychologist was asked by the panel if Norris was an unreliable narrator because of poor memory or due to "deliberate rewriting of history".
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Right away, Cave is positioning Nancy as a potentially unreliable narrator instead of letting the audience figure that out for themselves, a realization that wouldn’t be difficult, given how quickly Nancy unravels.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025
I thought it would be helpful if I showed him to be an unreliable narrator.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
Are you familiar with the phrase unreliable narrator?
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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