betrayal
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In book groups and online, women are sharing their own stories of romantic betrayal, and the financial fallout that often follows, in response to the book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This is becoming the standard position: A.I. for everything upstream of prose is acceptable; A.I. for the prose itself is a betrayal.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
In his framing, any confirmation becomes a betrayal, and any reporting sabotage.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
She said: "The betrayal of trust is far deeper than the loss of the money. Everything I believed to be real was not. He didn't even tell me his real name."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
I said stammering, not meaning Tibe but Thessicher, whose betrayal was of a friend.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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