Now to the wordplay. Commentators and bloggers often use the word "gate" when a politician is accused of trying to hide the truth.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

She says the stories did contain some truth,though, which is that Brown went West to follow a dream and that dream came true.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

She was known to have said: "Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth!"

VOA: special.2009.01.11

A proverb is a short,well known saying that expresses a common truth or belief.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

A proverb is a short,well-known saying that expresses a common truth or belief.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

But as a newspaper reporter, I could find the truth.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

In truth,he saw nothing unless he was a magician.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The act does not allow truth as a defense,unless you can prove that publishing the truth is in the public interest.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Alexander chronicles those experiences in his book,"52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning and a Perfect Crust."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

She left Berkeley after just two years, to begin a spiritual quest to find what she calls her "truth."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"I am still a fan. I have not kept up with the latest ones, to tell you the truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

(SPEAKING) "This is a world of 'communications.' It is no longer possible to conceal the truth.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"The donors are pumping in a lot of resources." "Civil society is working on access but the truth is 75 percent of the children fail.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

(SAYING) Venezuelan economist Orlando Ochoa says nationalistic slogans and socialist rhetoric cannot disguise what he sees as a simple truth: that the Chavez model is unsustainable.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06