Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- All this hinged on Woolsey not figuring out the plan and O'Neill holding out against interrogation just long enough for the Asurans to believe Woolsey.
Source: Batman Gambit / Live-Action TV - Hero with Bad Publicity: Holly Flynn's attempts at figuring out who is causing mayhem at Camp Nightwing in Light's Out gets impeded because no one wants to believe the accidents are deliberate and because they mistakenly believe she's an uptight bitch thanks to Geri Marcus.
Source: Literature / Fear Street -
Unlike the above example, it's revealed that the man was in fact guilty; he tells his lawyer that he did it in order to stop the cop from brutalizing another black man, correctly figuring that no jury would believe it happened that way.
Source: Framing the Guilty Party
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