betray

Summoning the will to surrender that power he’d trained all his life to inherit, to the Guardians of the Universe ordering him to betray his friend, is a Herculean act.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

But stunningly high numbers of women report having intrusive thoughts about harming their children—moments when their own brains betray them, when it’s clear that none of us are in total control over our own minds.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Hrgovic, hardened by the kind of difficult nights Itauma had never experienced, simply stayed there and waited for the younger man's body to betray him.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Schwartz only won Senate confirmation on Wednesday, after a hearing in which she pledged to “never betray the science” on which CDC policies are based.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I was too cold and too sleepy to be keenly observant, and not sleepy enough to betray my trust so altogether I had a dreary, miserable time.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

That narrative betrays a rookie mistake that’s known among statisticians as the “gambler’s fallacy.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the casino, Sarris eagerly greets his employees with a friendliness that betrays his repeated insistence that he’s a reclusive writer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

The hopeful expression on her face betrays her own wishes.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Instead, they feel burned out and betrayed as good jobs become harder to get and the milestones of adulthood slip away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

After years of heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school, many young people feel burned out and betrayed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"David Rush abused his position and betrayed the public trust and should be held fully accountable for his actions," CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

This is right from the comics, but Hal’s best friend, his mentor, the person who trained him, betrayed everything he trusted and Hal had to put him away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Till they came to me and told me they’d been given word – we’d been betrayed and I had to go.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

He said Simms did the right thing by not betraying his friendship with Shanahan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

But that refusal to risk vulnerability comes back to bite her when the daughter she turned herself inside out to spoil pulls a move reminiscent of Veda in “Mildred Pierce,” betraying Emma for vapid reasons.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Alas, the results are mixed, betraying the stark limits of this approach and the need for a kind of history that fully integrates anguished medieval chronicles with modern molecular evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

And even though I felt I was betraying Dante, I knew I had to talk him.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz