betrayal
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It’s a truly stunning expression of his rage and betrayal — a seething accusation — told entirely through bodies and gesture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Pull the pan from the heat before you stir them in — this is how you avoid the dreaded graininess, that chalky betrayal.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
“Fatherland” burns a lot of its energy in recounting this extraordinary betrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
But she will argue that "restoring order and control at our border is not a betrayal of Labour values, it is an embodiment of them".
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Now that Jefferson had raised the issue of political betrayal, he would have to “excuse the freedom of this discussion...which has taken off the Shackles I should otherwise found myself embarrassed with.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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