double-cross
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Though he claims to have mellowed some after years of therapy, his mega-temper still flares if you double-cross or cheap out on a client or a colleague.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
When a double-cross happens in one of the storylines, it passes as character development.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
No-one knows whether they will double-cross their paymasters by secretly voting for another candidate on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2022
“That,” she said quietly, “is despicable. Ask for his help, then double-cross him? And you wonder why goblins don’t like wizards, Ron?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
And as should be the case with any good heist thriller, No Sudden Move gets both darker and funnier as the betrayals and double-crosses pile up.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021
Having deployed soap-opera tricks from amnesia to double-crosses to secret babies and defeating all manner of colorful enemies along the way, where might the “Fast” family go next?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
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
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 so, it will be far from the first time that someone drawn into this case ended up believing he’d been double-crossed.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2020
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
Within a decade, he was double-crossing the bureau.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
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
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
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