double-cross
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I was sure she’d win last year when the third season of “Hacks” ended with her character, Ava, pulling off a delightful double-cross.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
The action picks up from that double-cross, with the impossible-to-shock Deborah stunned and angry but playing along with Ava’s gambit while her overlords are watching.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
No-one knows whether they will double-cross their paymasters by secretly voting for another candidate on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2022
Ritchie piles double-cross on double-cross, clearly reveling in his plot machinations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
It never entered his mind that someone might double-cross him.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
“Lindsey’s the guy who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
There’s not much subtext, everything remains on the surface, and the exceptionally wordy script relies on exposition dumps to inform the audience about rumors, twists, deals and double-crosses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Metz may envision Steinhauer's story to be a twisty thriller with double-crosses, but the film is edited in ways that defuse the tension and possibly confuse the viewer.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2022
He was like the character in a spy movie “who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin,” Obama writes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
She figured Sciron would have no trouble believing in double-crosses, being a bandit and all.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
“It was nice for me to make that putt after I double-crossed that drive off the tee,” Lipsky said, “That was wasn’t fun, I’ll be honest.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Bonnet returned to find that Blackbeard had double-crossed him and dumped most of Bonnet's crew, stripped the Revenge of supplies and sailed off with the loot.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
After Slone double-crossed you and left you to perish on the Mothership, the cubes that powered it are now free.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021
“She never cooperated with us. She double-crossed us really.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2021
If Luke didn’t know Jen—hadn’t known her, he corrected himself with a wince—and if he didn't know how much she’d trusted her father, he would have been certain that Jen’s father had double-crossed her.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
She also played a double-crossing hotel detective inspector as well as a member of a wedding party singing purposefully off key lyrics, inspired by “Espresso,” to expose bad behavior at the bachelorette party.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
Upon detecting DNA damage, LexA will activate the phage's replicate-and-kill genes, essentially double-crossing the cell into committing suicide while allowing the phage to escape.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2022
Lyrically, the song's about a double-crossing lover - and there's a scene in one trailer where Bond confronts Madeleine Swann about her betrayal.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2021
There will always be vengeful exes and envious allies and ruthless opponents and double-crossing friends.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2019
Shakespeare was even cited by Skipper in his attack against the rebellious boxers, accusing Jerry of double-crossing him as Brutus had betrayed Caesar.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
