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backstab

[bak-stab] / ˈbækˌstæb /


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Yet at every turn, Deborah finds some excuse to backstab Ava, allegedly out of some version of respect, and Ava retaliates by sabotaging herself and her boss.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2025

"You don't know who to trust, and when you do trust someone they backstab you," he says.

From BBC Dec. 22, 2022

A backstab in Demon’s Souls sounds sharp and gives me a small shiver of excitement up my spine each time.

From The Verge Feb. 18, 2022

It was right place, right time or they had the guts enough to backstab their friends.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2021

“I do. But what does getting people to backstab each other have to do with making a good movie?”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

He lied and backstabbed and took advantage of loopholes, and he argued — with a telegenic brashness — that this made him smart.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2019

Back in high school, before being mellowed by parenthood and the Golden State, Amanda backstabbed and undermined and boyfriend-stole.

From Slate Mar. 2, 2012

In nonviolent settings, it leads to mean-girl-style ostracism or political backstabbing around the corporate watercooler.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2026

She won her first film role in 1963’s “13 Frightened Girls” as a diplomat’s daughter but found greater renown as a backstabbing schemer on the ABC soap “Peyton Place” a few years later.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

“The Last Kings” is rife with a different sort of bad behavior: the sort of backstabbing that only friends do.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

This was not the case with “Boston Rob” Mariano, a wildcard mid-season addition who immediately set about backstabbing everyone in his way, including other Traitors.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

I hadn’t recognized him in his new helmet, but it was my old backstabbing buddy Ethan Nakamura.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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