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Recent Examples of betrayal Each episode was guaranteed to feature a conniving scheme, a shocking betrayal, and some steamy-for-its-time smooching. Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025 Why do people respond so eagerly to stories of murder and betrayal? Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025 But what seems like a windfall quickly spirals into a chain of betrayal, junkyard standoffs and escalating violence. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal. Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for betrayal
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Noun
  • When does compromise become treachery or defeat?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Could Juno be behind this treachery, as payback for David destroying her spy corporation and for changing his oldest daughter into a killer?
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The main opposition party, CHADEMA, was disqualified in April and its leader Tundu Lissu remains in custody after he was charged with treason for demanding electoral reforms.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ksenia Mironova copes with the absence of her fiancé, also a journalist, who is in prison on charges of treason.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Betrayal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betrayal. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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