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
Isaac: We spoke that he’s very much an unreliable narrator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
The psychologist had spent nine hours interviewing Norris and told the hearing he was an "unreliable narrator of his own life".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
Concluding that Didion left these pages behind so they would eventually take shape as the penance of an unreliable narrator is surely too tidy.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Are you familiar with the phrase unreliable narrator?
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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