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betrayal

[bih-trey-uhl] / bɪˈtreɪ əl /




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It offers eternal love, betrayal, regret and redemption, in earnest if not always logical fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

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

The two of them playact with each other, pretending to be cordial, but only so it will make the final betrayal even sweeter.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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