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betrayal

[bih-trey-uhl] / bɪˈtreɪ əl /




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The author is an entrepreneur and working on a book about overcoming betrayal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

It is a paranoid reflex that turns any hint of infiltration into proof of betrayal.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

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

Somehow, despite his powers of anticipation, Burnham failed to realize that Chicago might see his choices as betrayal.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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