backstabbing

Example Sentences

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There’s a lot less backstabbing and reality nonsense that you saw in the earlier seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In nonviolent settings, it leads to mean-girl-style ostracism or political backstabbing around the corporate watercooler.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

“I cannot take any more spoken or silently whispered backstabbing and bludgeoning of my character and identity,” she wrote in the message late last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She continues to settle scores on Father Figure - the scathing story of a backstabbing protégé, that interpolates the George Michael classic of the same name.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 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