betray
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Appeared in the February 3, 2026, print edition as 'Don’t Betray Syria’s Heroic Kurds'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2017
Q. Betray dad by telling mom about his cancer?:
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2016
Betray them and we haven’t just done the wrong thing; we’ve annihilated our identity.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2015
“You know the saying: Betray me once and you’re dead to me forever.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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