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Recent Examples of treasonous
By then, no official blacklist existed but she was routinely assailed by right wingers as a treasonous ingrate and tool of Hanoi.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Edward Snowden's treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods, and lives.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Doing this would officially make Peter a traitor, though Jacob is quick to reassure him that the memory of his treasonous father should have no bearing on his decision.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Edward Snowden's treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods, and lives.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Doing this would officially make Peter a traitor, though Jacob is quick to reassure him that the memory of his treasonous father should have no bearing on his decision.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treasonous
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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One of the key claims involves a document titled 1776 Returns, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a seditious plot.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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The case is being prosecuted by Jeffrey Nestler, a veteran of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. who handled the seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers and other high-profile Jan. 6 cases.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
22 May 2025
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The Neshaminy Creek, placid in calm weather, turns treacherous after heavy rains, such as those that fell on Bucks County in the days before his accident.—
JD Mullane,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The savvy financial advisor Rick Kahler, president of Kahler Financial Group in Rapid City, S.D., tells us how to navigate this treacherous path.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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