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betray

[bih-tray] / bɪˈtreɪ /




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“I both embrace but betray certain rules,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead they analyse probabilities and statistics, to see if certain linguistic patterns betray the use of AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But stunningly high numbers of women report having intrusive thoughts about harming their children—moments when their own brains betray them, when it’s clear that none of us are in total control over our own minds.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

For nearly three decades, Jeff Probst has welcomed a new set of strangers to a remote location, where they make alliances, betray each other and get voted off in pursuit of a $1 million prize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

I’m also interested in those moments when our instincts betray us.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

While voters’ choices have been, more often than not, defensible, the unanimity betrays a lack of imagination and drains any hint of drama from the ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That narrative betrays a rookie mistake that’s known among statisticians as the “gambler’s fallacy.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“It stinks when family betrays you. It happened to us, too. I think it was my mom’s cousin who turned in my dad.’

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Fisher and other speakers also said they felt betrayed by the terms of the settlement, which they viewed as more favorable to Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“That was when everything exploded. On a personal level, we felt betrayed, but on a broader level, we felt treasoned,” he told me.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

"He feels Harry has betrayed him. He's made that clear."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

While others burned brightly for a short time before being betrayed by their bodies, he was a picture of consistency through the early days of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

‘My own sister. My own flesh and blood betrayed me.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

He said Simms did the right thing by not betraying his friendship with Shanahan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

But that refusal to risk vulnerability comes back to bite her when the daughter she turned herself inside out to spoil pulls a move reminiscent of Veda in “Mildred Pierce,” betraying Emma for vapid reasons.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Alas, the results are mixed, betraying the stark limits of this approach and the need for a kind of history that fully integrates anguished medieval chronicles with modern molecular evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

They often chatted a minute or two before dropping off to sleep, but now both were afraid of betraying how strongly the Whisperer was affecting them.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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