How to Use in bad faith in a Sentence

in bad faith

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  • Hardin said the woman’s lawsuit was filed in bad faith.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The surest way for a leader to avoid this is to refrain from acting in bad faith.
    — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • McCarthy described that request as part of Beach’s acting in bad faith.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • More consumers are doing just that — some in bad faith to get their money back from the card issuer, even if there’s no problem with the purchase.
    — Genna Contino, CNBC, 25 July 2024
  • And then are those critics who are, Winston maintains, arguing against ESG in bad faith.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Countries have often used this in good faith to get their voice heard, but mostly in bad faith to block or delay decisions.
    — Sumant Sinha, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The union had alleged school leadership was bargaining in bad faith.
    — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023
  • May, in his ruling, said the loss of evidence is reprehensible, but was not done in bad faith.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday that the former adviser was acting in bad faith during and after the lawsuit.
    — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Many in the opposition believe Netanyahu is acting in bad faith.
    — Steve Hendrix, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The streamer took the case to federal court, arguing that Babin was pursuing the case in bad faith and had no hope of obtaining a conviction.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And there are other people who are just firestarters and deliberately want to attack something in bad faith.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2022
  • Murdaugh's lawyers are now arguing that SLED either destroyed the t-shirt either in bad faith or by gross negligence.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There are some who argue in bad faith that any criticism or boycott of Israel or the settlements is antisemitic.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • However, the state’s high court declined Horton’s demand for attorney fees and court costs, holding that Kilbane didn’t act in bad faith.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2022
  • It was filed in bad faith for the improper purpose of extracting a huge payout on the threat of negative publicity.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2022
  • The company in a court filing has denied the workers’ claims, on grounds including that workers delayed making their claims and have acted in bad faith.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • If laws were broken in bad faith, such as a daughter voting on behalf of a deceased parent, it should be prosecuted, and Mr. Brnovich has brought such cases.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Each side was accusing the other of negotiating in bad faith.
    — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
  • Also of note, in June a jury verdict found that Redemption did not infringe on the Bulleit trademark to create consumer confusion or act in bad faith.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Twitter’s lawyers say Musk simply has buyer’s remorse — after a sharp drop in the price of Tesla stock, which represents the majority of his net worth — and has acted in bad faith.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 July 2022
  • While influencers should be held accountable for their statements, Carter said Nogueira was probably not acting in bad faith when making the comments.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • McBride alleges that Germanotta made the half-million-dollar promise in bad faith and that the singer used the reward as bait to induce McBride to come forward and put herself on law enforcement’s radar.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Union staff representative Scott Soares said the claims against the town include: Bargaining in bad faith or subcontracting work to non-union members.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The edtech giant sues its lenders for using predatory tactics and acting in bad faith, worsening the standoff with creditors.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 28 June 2023
  • Watching Trump, Seo was reminded of what could happen in the nastiest of debate rounds, when opponents competed in bad faith.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The employees alleged Kaiser's bargaining in bad faith led to unsafe levels of staffing that resulted in long wait times, patient neglect and missed diagnoses.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Chula Vista has approved a landlord-tenant ordinance aimed at protecting good renters from no-fault evictions by landlords acting in bad faith.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In deciding whether the rent was being raised in bad faith, city officials are to consider whether the amounts were substantially above market rates and whether the increase was imposed within six months of an attempt to evict the tenant.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022
  • But when the volume of complaints grew, many of them from the same individuals and replete with misinformation, the commission concluded that they were being filed in bad faith.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023

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