backstab
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"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 can't backstab the people who support me."
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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
There’s a lot less backstabbing and reality nonsense that you saw in the earlier seasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In nonviolent settings, it leads to mean-girl-style ostracism or political backstabbing around the corporate watercooler.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
She continues to settle scores on Father Figure - the scathing story of a backstabbing protégé, that interpolates the George Michael classic of the same name.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
It sets the stage for backstabbing, strained loyalties, romantic possibilities and plenty of name-dropping — albeit with considerably less curse words than the original “Suits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2025
Entire plots were hatched around swiping food, complete with double-crossing, backstabbing, intrigue, outright robbery, and gobbled evidence.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
