as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend
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Recent Examples of backstab
Friends can lie, colleagues can backstab, anyone can die in any number of brutal ways.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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betray
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By pairing atomic and nuclear clocks side by side, physicists can monitor tiny variations in their time signatures that could betray dark matter’s presence.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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And employees notice when executives who preach fairness, integrity and inclusion behave in ways that betray those very ideals.—
Sean WillChene,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Backstab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstab. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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