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disloyalty

[dis-loi-uhl-tee] / dɪsˈlɔɪ əl ti /


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Rhoda is less interested in Max’s disloyalty to Leonie than in the tales of Ana’s philandering, profligate father, a Maltese artist who raised her after her Italian mother died during childbirth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The brand disloyalty counterintuitively plays into Ulta, which aims to discover new brands.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

This is a novel about pettiness, middle-class superficiality, disloyalty, prejudice and cruelty, with this coterie of rather vile friends acting as a microcosm for a society in decline.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

"It is a gross act of disloyalty within the European Union," he said.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

“I dunno,” I mumble, feeling a cold wave of disloyalty wash over me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Bill Whitman is a Carverian ex-husband pummeled by remorse for his assorted disloyalties.

From Seattle Times Feb. 4, 2018

Whitman is a Carverian ex-husband pummeled by remorse for his assorted disloyalties.

From Washington Post Jan. 21, 2018

Despite many internal disorders and disloyalties ... the people of the Soviet Union generally trust and respect the wisdom and integrity of their leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

But apart from this uncertain question of generosity, there are in this case two powerful forces that make against disputes, secret disloyalties, and meanness.

From What is Coming? by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Insincerity was the place where all meannesses and disloyalties and treacheries lurked and had their dens like evil beasts, ready to pounce out and destroy the wayfaring spirit wandering on forbidden ground.

From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley




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