duplicitous
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Carl’s duplicitous behavior, meanwhile, leads Roy to think his brother is planning to make him the fall guy for their mutual misdeeds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
These duplicitous celebrities, so the rumor mill grinds, have hired mysterious surrogates to do their gestating work.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
Even as Smirnov was being paid as a government informant, he participated in duplicitous business schemes, according to court records and interviews.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
"We failed in our duty of care to these people. These decisions were unlawful. The MoD knew they were unlawful but have just tried to delay the inevitable. They've been duplicitous."
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024
But such expectations were obviously too much for such a duplicitous character as Hamilton, who lacked “the Spirit to Maintain or the Magnanimity to retract” his own words.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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