betrayal
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His book about the Afghan war, “Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation,” won a 2025 Overseas Press Club Award for best nonfiction book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
The show is based on the bestselling book “Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era,” by Laurence Leamer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024
“The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal That Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever,” finally opened on Nov. 19, 2022, nearly 158 years after the massacre.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023
And there was further acclaim for his role as Jerry in Peter Hall's production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, which opened on the South Bank in 1978.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023
Betrayal is a friend I have known a long time, a two-faced goddess looking forward and back with a clear, earnest suspicion of good fortune.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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