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betrayal

[bih-tray-uhl] / bɪˈtreɪ əl /




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Together they’ve written a book called “Overcoming Infidelity,” which mixes self-help and autobiography to guide readers on navigating the aftermath of cheating and betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"It just felt like a betrayal," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“It’s like a sense of betrayal, you know, that happening to my dad … like what was the point in all this?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"That sense of betrayal, that I thought I knew him, but I don't know who he was," says Overton.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sometimes a woman’s voice broke through, and then the men shouted louder, glass shattered violently, and the songs on the jukebox went from boleros about betrayal to guarachas and merengues about the good life.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

It's the latest in a long list of betrayals.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

"It's still not really clear what happened...What is clear is that there were many betrayals," he added -- pointing to implausible failures in Maduro's defenses.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

“Andor” trades lightsaber spectacle and woo-woo monologues about the Force for a compact and gritty story full of hard decisions, gutting betrayals and grown-up drama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

The consumer critique of “Spent” is one that punches primarily sideways, highlighting how readily Alison betrays her own high ethical and political standards and how reflexively she uses an intellectual gloss to rationalize the betrayals.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025

Blind to betrayals and heartbreak, and always stubborn, no matter how gently she tried to explain.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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