betrayed

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“Most people feel betrayed, and that’s bipartisan,” Stephen Otterstrom, a longtime Salt Lake City resident running to represent District 21 in the Statehouse, told me.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

That echoed comments from the former first minister earlier in the week, when she told an audience at a literary festival she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to" by her husband.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

“If you’re feeling helpless, if you’re feeling hopeless, if you’re feeling betrayed, if you’re feeling frustrated, if you’re feeling angry, I understand,” he said.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

A pen and a contract lay atop the metal, ready for a forced signature, while the man’s fiancee and her father watch in silence, seeking revenge on the person who betrayed them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

I close my eyes and follow the ballad’s words, the story of a sparrow who freed a lark from her cage, only to be betrayed by the lark who flew away.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera