stab in the back
Example Sentences
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President Vladimir Putin described that mutiny as a treacherous "stab in the back", but later met with Prigozhin in the Kremlin.
From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2023
The added stab in the back came when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, making Buffalo largely irrelevant as a port.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
“It felt like a parenting stab in the back from the school system,” she said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
Clip Studio going subscription mode has to be the worst stab in the back of the digital art community that I’ve seen in a long time.
From The Verge ● Aug. 22, 2022
Captain Black was deeply disillusioned by this treacherous stab in the back from someone in high place upon whom he had relied so confidently for support.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
