betray
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But as the heat climbed above 91 degrees, Sinner’s body began to betray him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Recent pullbacks in hot chip stocks betray some nervousness around how far the artificial-intelligence trade can propel the market.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
"We need to make sure we do not betray that trust and we need to deliver for the people of Sunderland and for Washington and Houghton," he said.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The coded way in which people are talking about this may betray something darker about our culture.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
They tried to keep him surrounded, fearing that he would betray the conspiracy.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Wrap said "at times it betrays its amateur beginnings with clunky plotting."
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
But the language used throughout the filing to describe potential confusion betrays their fears.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Yet his message today to the world betrays Iran’s harsh reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Her nicely grounded performance never betrays Liz’s intelligence or escalating annoyance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
He looks straight ahead, but his voice betrays his nerves.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
I can see why your friend felt betrayed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I feel like the Kenyan government and Alfred Mutua have betrayed us," she added, speaking from her home in the Kakamega region of western Kenya.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
We’d expect to hear something similar from Redick — whose poker face isn’t as good as Barbarez’s, whose small sigh and slight smile betrayed his only emotions during his postgame news conference Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Both want greater ethnic autonomy and feel betrayed by Abiy, though for differing reasons:
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Boaz backed away from both, his gaze shifting restlessly between the two identical versions of the girl he’d willingly given his neck to, the girl he had betrayed and nearly had buried.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
Some jokingly accused him of betraying his hometown team.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
In his lawsuit, Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its original nonprofit mission and misappropriating his founding donations totalling $38 million to build an empire valued at over $850 billion.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Blood and spit flew with his words, betraying his anxiety under the mask.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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