betrayal
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Supporters of Bass portrayed Raman’s decision to jump in the race as a betrayal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Graham said "money must be spent in the UK" when the DIP is finally agreed and "anything else would be a betrayal".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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
John Carney directs a musical dramedy starring the actor and Nick Jonas in a story of ambition, delusion and betrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He knew what the American Revolution had promised, that slavery violated that promise, and that Franklin had gone to his Maker reminding all concerned that silence was a betrayal of the revolutionary legacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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