treachery
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The move was condemned in some circles at the time with one critic calling it "the greatest treachery against clean athletes in Olympic history".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Most of the unhappy denizens of Dante’s imagined hell are being eternally tormented for specific moral crimes in categories covering lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
It’s a sprawling tale of divine corruption and human treachery that ends with the world being purified by fire and flood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Lizza, in his own statement, said: “Telling the truth is not harassment and accountability is not an ax, though I understand why Olivia finds it unpleasant to be confronted with her treachery and betrayal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
He saw her as the passionate spirit of innocent youth, now beleaguered by the trick which is played on youth—the trick of treachery in the body, which turns flesh into green bones.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing treachery
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