double-cross

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Then a double cross happens, and Rachel learns what some viewers might have suspected — that one of her colleagues is in cahoots with Keya!

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023

It’s all dangerous deals and double crosses, yet it whiffs on an opportunity for an actually interesting double cross that might have made us sit up and pay attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

But those who don’t keep up with the latest cybercrime trends may feel they have no choice but to acquiesce, and will only grasp the double cross only after the check has cleared.

From Slate • May 18, 2022

"You can choose to lie to a character, you can help them, you can gain their trust, you can double cross folks," said Ann Morrow Johnson, executive producer and creative director for Walt Disney Imagineering.

From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2022

Not since the days of George Blake's double cross had the CIA found itself in such a hall of mirrors.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau