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
Wergin was Kappe's collateral, so Haupt wouldn't "double-cross this whole thing."
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
“Lindsey’s the guy who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin.”
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
The storytelling and plotting feels pulled together from spare parts of recent “Mission: Impossible” and James Bond films, with a disavowal here and some light parkour there and multiple destabilizing double-crosses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 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
“I just put an awful swing on it. I double-crossed it and it was out-of-bounds by half an inch or an inch or so.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2021
On June 22, 1941, Germany double-crossed the Russians and invaded its former ally.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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
I was turning into a Raymond Chandler character, only in a novel where no other characters, no hard-luck blondes or double-crossing cops, ever showed up at the door.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2021
Entire plots were hatched around swiping food, complete with double-crossing, backstabbing, intrigue, outright robbery, and gobbled evidence.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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