betray
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“I believe that America carries the hope of humanity. To betray that would be to betray both hope and humanity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Respect me, respect Maya, and understand that not always one has to betray the other in order for a relationship to end."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Recent pullbacks in hot chip stocks betray some nervousness around how far the artificial-intelligence trade can propel the market.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
"We need to make sure we do not betray that trust and we need to deliver for the people of Sunderland and for Washington and Houghton," he said.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
"This is my escape just as much as yours. And I'm sure a noble war-horse like this is not going to betray us. We are trying to escape, to get to Narnia."
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
The Wrap said "at times it betrays its amateur beginnings with clunky plotting."
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Queer desire, femininity, and lipstick form an intrepid triptych in the form of pop star Chappell Roan, whose persona betrays both her rural Missouri provenance and the glittery legacy of drag performance.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
McAdams, by contrast, makes a giddy racket that betrays feelings her characters can neither fully understand nor contain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
Although he speaks softly in the unhurried cadence of the American West, his voice has an edge, and the set of his jaw betrays an undercurrent of nervous energy.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
“It was just a safe place for us to change. And he betrayed our trust,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But she said she felt "betrayed and deflated" when the arrangements she had verbally agreed before starting work were changed by a new manager.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A stunned Emma wonders who could have betrayed her so intimately, and why.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
I can see why your friend felt betrayed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Till they came to me and told me they’d been given word – we’d been betrayed and I had to go.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He said Simms did the right thing by not betraying his friendship with Shanahan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mr. Sheffi’s book describes a great American institution avidly betraying its principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Our justice system is betraying victims and survivors," said Eshghi.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
“It’s not funny, Colin. Accusing my mother and brother of betraying England is offensive. And preposterous. Willa and Jakob despise Hitler.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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