hypocrite
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The Sunday Times carries comments from unnamed friends of the King who the paper says have called Earl Spencer a "hypocrite" who is "peddling Diana's privacy".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
That set off a firestorm of comments about whether or not Grantham was a hypocrite.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
I can’t be a hypocrite and pray with her when I don’t feel like it.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
And studies show that the people we most like to label as hypocrites are our enemies—surprise!—and others who we think aren’t like us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
“My hope is that I’m getting to bring one of the greatest hypocrites to life in a way that will both make people laugh and also make them recognize that archetype.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Many of those who claim to hate education are blatant hypocrites.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
I worry that it is turning us into hypocrites who, when it comes to the privacy of our conversations, have higher expectations for how others should treat us than for how we treat others.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2023
A few hypocrites devised such evasive games as “playing house” or “doctor.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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