betrayal
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This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
To take it from Otterstrom’s fellow Utahns, the betrayal is not just that the already data-center-dense state is getting another one, but that they feel there was no opportunity for democratic deliberation.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
He added that the party had been "badly, badly, badly let down" by its former chief executive, and said Murrell's guilty plea was "an admission of a terrible breach of trust and an overwhelming betrayal".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Big Tech’s obsession with AI infrastructure is starting to feel like a betrayal to the legions of gamers who nurtured some of the key companies and technologies driving the boom.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
I have so many friends who still, as adults, wrestle with feelings of betrayal.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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