divided loyalties

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Claims of divided loyalties will echo, along with other decades-old tropes.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Still, he can’t help agonizing over his divided loyalties as citizen and son.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

"This is just showing that he is every bit as much a transactional, practical and self-interested politician as his contemporaries," Sana Jaffrey, a research fellow at Australia's National University, said of the president's divided loyalties.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2023

It would be understandable if the coaches of France and Morocco had divided loyalties when their teams meet in the round of 16 at the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday in Adelaide.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023

They knew they must have no divided loyalties to weaken their resolve.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin