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Recent Examples of treasonous
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.
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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
Republicans on the county board of supervisors who signed off on the results faced death threats and were called treasonous.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
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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
Republicans on the county board of supervisors who signed off on the results faced death threats and were called treasonous.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 31 July 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
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In what has been billed as America’s largest-ever criminal investigation, at least 1,572 defendants have been charged in the Jan. 6 attack, according to Reuters, with crimes ranging from unlawfully entering restricted grounds to seditious conspiracy and violent assault.Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Tarrio is serving a 22-year prison term for seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.Ella Lee, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
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Hawai`i’s statehood itself results from a treacherous cabal of business interests–Dole among them–conspiring together on a scheme to wrest control of the land away from Native Hawaiians and give it the U.S.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Sunday evening and Monday morning commutes are likely to be treacherous.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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