traitor
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Over his 23-year career in the NBA, LeBron James has been a hero and a villain, a savior and a traitor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Christ was cornered — pay taxes to Rome, or be branded a traitor — and so he turned the trap into a statement about the limits of power.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Wary of being called a traitor again, Elmo says he supports the U.S. soccer team.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hailed as a hero by the pro-democracy movement, Lai was also seen as a traitor by Beijing.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
All that she did of evil and of good was done for him alone, and in the end, all the reward she got was that he turned traitor to her.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The show — loosely based on the game Mafia — selects celebrities to be faithfuls and traitors, and the faithful must attempt to discover the traitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
Another player and a support member with the Iranian women's football team have claimed asylum in Australia after being branded "traitors" at home over a pre-match protest, the government said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Less understood is the search for traitors and civilians caught in warzones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Set in the Scottish Highlands, the contestants complete a number of challenges to win money for the prize pot and must try to root out and banish the traitors at a roundtable discussion each night.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Not even Colonel Hurtado, who saw traitors everywhere he looked, considered the CommuAists a danger.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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