as in betraying
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound
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betraying
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Trump has fanned the flames of inflation and passed out tax breaks to billionaires, betraying his promises to lower costs yet again.—
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Nick Salvatore portrayed Debs as a union leader who gradually came to believe that monopoly capitalism was betraying the American Dream.—
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5 Nov. 2025
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“Selling (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selling%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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