as in betrays
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
knew what it felt like to be backstabbed by a so-called friend
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And there's a saying in America, if someone betrays you, you've been sold down the river.
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The anxiety that expanding representation will displace Lincoln or Washington betrays a curious fragility.
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“Backstabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstabs. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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