betray
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Schwartz only won Senate confirmation on Wednesday, after a hearing in which she pledged to “never betray the science” on which CDC policies are based.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Importantly, when ignited it didn’t produce smoke, which could betray soldiers’ positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
You can't go against your values, nor can you betray others.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
"It will never betray you, will always be loyal to you, and will love you unconditionally."
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
If I walked to the corner shop dressed in the height of fashion and didn’t breathe a word to anyone, I would still betray myself and everyone around me.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
The Wrap said "at times it betrays its amateur beginnings with clunky plotting."
From Barron's ● May 20, 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 is reckless and betrays both common sense and public trust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
"It betrays your class. It betrays your origin. All over the world people are trying to reclaim accents and dialects that have been lost."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
He looks straight ahead, but his voice betrays his nerves.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Again, it was the slider that betrayed Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Trump has told advisers that he is angry with Pirro and felt betrayed by the court filing, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A stunned Emma wonders who could have betrayed her so intimately, and why.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
I can see why your friend felt betrayed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
I feel betrayed and alone and so angry.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
He said Simms did the right thing by not betraying his friendship with Shanahan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mr. Sheffi’s book describes a great American institution avidly betraying its principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
He says Somalis fighting on the side of the Ethiopians were viewed as traitors for "betraying their country".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
And when his body isn't betraying him, Ohio does.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
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