double-dealing
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Not a bad legacy, considering George Downing is summarized by his biographer thus: “Liar, blackmailer, seducer and thief, this double-dealing shapeshifter would betray both friends and principles without a moment’s misgiving.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
When you’re spending money that’s not your own but that one day might be your inheritance, it sometimes feels like double-dealing, psychologically.
From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025
But could the popularity of this show, based on deception and double-dealing, tell us something fundamental about the contemporary British psyche?
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
A number of them are elaborate chronicles of bad behavior, full of double-dealing and palace intrigue.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2020
And Washington, playing his role in the agent’s double-dealing, supplied Hunter with such real tidbits as the actual strength of his army and the location of his supply dumps.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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