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Recent Examples of treasonous
David clocks in at No. 7 this week for setting all of this in motion many years ago by giving Frank Harkness the terrorism starter kit in exchange for his estranged daughter, an understandable decision as a parent but a treasonous one as the head of a spy agency.
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Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Many innocent government workers lost their livelihoods, while others who were eventually exposed as treasonous—including the infamous spy Aldrich Ames—managed to dupe the tests.
—Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Now more than ever, the state can cast the opposition’s antiwar stance as treasonous.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Anyway, all of the men, including the treasonous Ser Alfred, kneel behind Daemon.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Aug. 2024
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Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Many innocent government workers lost their livelihoods, while others who were eventually exposed as treasonous—including the infamous spy Aldrich Ames—managed to dupe the tests.
—Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Now more than ever, the state can cast the opposition’s antiwar stance as treasonous.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Anyway, all of the men, including the treasonous Ser Alfred, kneel behind Daemon.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treasonous
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Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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And somewhere between them on the war/peace continuum sit the men on Rhaenyra’s borderline traitorous council.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
30 June 2024
Adjective
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Kelly Meggs, who led the Oath Keepers’ Florida chapter, was also convicted of seditious conspiracy along with the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes.—
Michael Wilner,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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The other 14 defendants were issued commutations for time served and will be released from prison, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy.—
Chris Dobstaff,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those steep canyons were too treacherous to hike into—a broken ankle would require an air evacuation—so the crew’s assignment was to create a mile-long containment line in the peaks west of Mount Wilson Observatory.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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With snow accumulations up to 10 inches and widespread gusty winds, travel in these regions will remain treacherous through 4 p.m. Monday.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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