perfidy
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They will be promoted on social media and television by washed-up athletes and unscrupulous influencers paid well for their perfidy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
When his perfidy has been exposed, he says: “What you know you know. From this time forth I never will speak word.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
A former JAG and current professor at Texas Tech University, Geoffrey Corn, said the U.S. has considered perfidy a crime in non-international armed conflicts.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
Now, those who are convinced of the perfidy of cats won’t like the answers that are emerging.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
Isn’t it ridiculous to think that a mouse could ever forgive anyone for such perfidy?
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
A famous essay in the Baffler, “The Problem With Music,” laid out the perfidies of the major-label system, at the time still in a post-Nirvana feeding frenzy for young rock acts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
Swinton Byrne’s own reactions to her fictional lover’s perfidies were more indignant, and less compliant, than what we see onscreen as Julie’s.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
Gathering up great and infamous political speeches, his juxtapositions compare and contrast passions and perfidies with subtlety and wit, ranging across the French, Flemish, American and German tongues.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2012
Many of the falsehoods and perfidies I have detailed have come to light since Macaulay wrote, and there are more behind which will appear in their proper place in Pope's life and works.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Presently she said, "O Ghazban, say me, wilt thou help me against the perfidies of Fortune and conceal my secret if I discover it to thee?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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The Declaration of Independence
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