hypocrite
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Critics labeled him a hypocrite; Dyson said that the company had outgrown the Malmesbury campus, and maintained his belief that Asia was the future of manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Sometimes I feel a bit of a hypocrite because I used to move clubs for extra money," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
That set off a firestorm of comments about whether or not Grantham was a hypocrite.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“He was a liar and a hypocrite too.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Effron cautions against labeling other people as hypocrites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
“They’re complete hypocrites when it comes to this case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
It may be worth noting that many of those who claim to hate education are blatant hypocrites.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
I worry that it is turning us into hypocrites who, when it comes to the privacy of our conversations, have higher expectations for how others should treat us than for how we treat others.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2023
Any thinking person is aware of this paradox; but in dealing with conventional people it is advantageous to treat them as though they were not hypocrites.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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