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- noun Plural form of
betrayal .
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Examples
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Revealing these infuriating betrayals is how Republicans manage to gain the support of the common voters.
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At any rate, "O'Toole and [Jodie] Whittaker are wonderful in their scenes together, partly because Kureishi has written good dialogue and partly because [Roger] Michell - whose last picture was the 2004 Enduring Love - avoids sentimentalizing their fragile friendship (a friendship whose unfolding, with its cruel betrayals, is at times incredibly painful to watch)."
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Following Schumann through a multitude of twists, turns, and betrayals is exciting and helps illuminate the early days of the Third Reich.
Garden of Beasts: Summary and book reviews of Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver. 2004
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Politicians and union leaders were often set up as heroes but 'feet of clay' were all too frequently identified as betrayals occurred.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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It also reveals a keen understanding of two early, pivotal and traumatic events that shaped Day's entire life, involving "betrayals" by her father, which led to poor judgment in choosing husbands, disastrous consequences from trusting the wrong people, and extreme insecurities.
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Graham is a snake-weasel well hated by much of the Republican base in South Carolina and facing a likely significant primary challlenge for his many "betrayals".
"Listen, I'll never forget you. You were the only guys who would listen to me for a couple of months. Do you think I'd ever forget you?" Ann Althouse 2008
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They were marked down as collaborators by people who had no conception of the circumstances in which the so-called "betrayals" took place.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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Now begins the most famous part of Peel's career, that associated with the Repeal of the Corn Laws, the third of his so-called 'betrayals' of his party.
Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore
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And yet the whole thing was still drenched in infantile partisan discouragement over the "betrayals" of a political party, not to mention the Supreme Court.
American Chronicle 2010
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Conservatives probably will grumble frequently in the future about his "betrayals", but in reality, he will be much better than Coakley would have been.
Latest Articles 2010
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