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duplicity

[doo-plis-i-tee, dyoo-] / duˈplɪs ɪ ti, dyu- /


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Duplicity reigned in this war from the very beginning.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2021

Duplicity ensued on the next Terrapins drive, as Maryland tried another field goal from the same spot after a stalled drive, but Petrino pushed that 32-yard kick wide right.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2021

Duplicity For Everyone: You can fool all of the people some of the time, so let’s go ahead and do that.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2017

Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Enda Walsh laughs and holds his head in his hands. He's talking about his short play, My Friend Duplicity.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2010

Duplicity in black and white did hurt her a good deal, and she sometimes stopped, in the midst of her slow transcription, to look up piteously and say aloud:— "I hope I shall be forgiven!"

From Tiverton Tales by Brown, Alice




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