Lies
Stumbles
Both words in one sentence
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When he lies he either stumbles and avoids eye contact if improvising or uses unnatural words in a robotic way that makes it obvious he's reciting a rehearsed story.
Source: Series / True Detective -
His head lies in the tracks calling out to his body, which stumbles around looking for him.
Source: Losing Your Head -
Swamps Are Evil: Making her way through one swamp leaves Trisha so traumatized that when she stumbles across another she can't face the prospect and turns back, not realizing that beyond the second swamp lies safety.
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