backstabbing
Example Sentences
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While the potential for score-settling makes job applicants sweat, it isn’t as if people are constantly backstabbing one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
In nonviolent settings, it leads to mean-girl-style ostracism or political backstabbing around the corporate watercooler.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
The Murdochs have never been a traditional family - one reason why their story is said to have inspired the power struggles and backstabbing in the acclaimed TV drama, Succession.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
There are CIA suits, secret police, faceless bureaucrats and backstabbing traitors lurking in these pages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Entire plots were hatched around swiping food, complete with double-crossing, backstabbing, intrigue, outright robbery, and gobbled evidence.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
