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
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
Lawrence’s own flaw is the hypocrisy that allows him to carry on an affair with a married person while condemning Lily when it appears that she has done the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The movie was about hypocrisy in our society and people’s prejudice.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
And grew up on Mad magazine, where young minds were taught to recognize the deceptions and hypocrisies of politics, business and media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
It raises questions about those of us who consider ourselves progressive and interrogates our own hypocrisies and blind spots.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
I think kids are flexible and resilient, and a lot of the kids I spoke to see their own hypocrisies.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2023
“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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