hypocrisy

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Hochschild emphasized Vance’s hypocrisy and callousness, particularly when it comes to women and reproduction.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

Some social media users have also taken issue with what they see as the hypocrisy of picking up rubbish abroad, when Japan's public spaces are often lined with rubbish after large events.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

She said last year she had turned down France's highest civilian honour, the legion d'honneur, accusing the country of "hypocrisy" over visa policies that prevented dissidents travelling from Iran to France.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Kino’s hypocrisy stems from the same swamp as the original’s fictitious Dr. Gröss, whose lurid footage climaxed with a tsk-tsking screed against poverty, pollution and fascism as major contributors to the global death toll.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

By 1820 even Adams had stopped firing off his illumination rounds and had adopted the Jeffersonian posture of benign duplicity, preferring to risk hypocrisy rather than the friendship.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis