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betrayal

[bih-trey-uhl] / bɪˈtreɪ əl /




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This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Graham said "money must be spent in the UK" when the DIP is finally agreed and "anything else would be a betrayal".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

To take it from Otterstrom’s fellow Utahns, the betrayal is not just that the already data-center-dense state is getting another one, but that they feel there was no opportunity for democratic deliberation.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Big Tech’s obsession with AI infrastructure is starting to feel like a betrayal to the legions of gamers who nurtured some of the key companies and technologies driving the boom.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Saying it felt like a betrayal somehow, like saying it made it true.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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