hypocrisy
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The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council aid group, Jan Egeland, criticised on Thursday what he called the "hypocrisy" of countries demanding rights for Afghan women while cutting humanitarian assistance.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Smith appearing on Fox News sparked reaction on social media, with some calling out what they said was hypocrisy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
One of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
German centre-right politician Jens Spahn has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the country's governing coalition after being accused of hypocrisy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US to have a child.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Emma must have had mixed feelings about her daughter not being confirmed, but she abhorred hypocrisy.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
There are many prejudices exhibited in the story—some Hemingway’s own and some intended to reveal the characters’ hypocrisies and flaws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Through her fierce exposure of her ugly travails, Ms. Williams’s Anna seems to grow in stature and radiance—becoming a truth-teller who isn’t afraid to risk love, or life, to expose men’s hypocrisies and double standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Twain was both a brilliant writer who exposed America’s hypocrisies with humor and wit, and an angry man who savored revenge, nursed grudges and blamed God for the blows fate rained down on his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
He was also an enslaver, blind, as so many others, to his own hypocrisies.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
“Thanks. We’ll go peep,” Sean said, never one to sugarcoat his displeasure at the hypocrisies of high school nonsense.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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