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treachery

[trech-uh-ree] / ˈtrɛtʃ ə ri /


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It's a universe in which players craft stories of heroism, treachery and geopolitical turmoil - and suffer real-life economic consequences.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Most of the unhappy denizens of Dante’s imagined hell are being eternally tormented for specific moral crimes in categories covering lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

It’s a sprawling tale of divine corruption and human treachery that ends with the world being purified by fire and flood.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Lizza, in his own statement, said: “Telling the truth is not harassment and accountability is not an ax, though I understand why Olivia finds it unpleasant to be confronted with her treachery and betrayal.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

"Lannister men. The lion of Lannister flew over the ramparts, not the crowned stag. And they had taken the city by treachery."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Le Pen alliances are famously rocky, and the family’s treacheries have for decades delighted the French media.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2022

“There are treacheries and enmities in abundance against me. Joan Sumner is now claiming she never agreed to marry me. She complains that I have claimed to be richer than I am.”

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2016

Along the eastern shore of Nantucket, exposed to the delights and treacheries of the Atlantic, lies Sankaty Head.

From Golf Digest Nov. 3, 2014

On the bright side, we might wonder whether emoji represent a chance to be free, however temporarily, of the constraints and treacheries of language.

From The Guardian Aug. 31, 2014

Washington simply did not have control of the government and was inadvertently lending credibility to the treacheries being hatched all around him.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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