Iago
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“Like Shakespeare’s Iago, enraged by being passed over for promotion, he turned his wrath on his mentor and leader,” the complaint said, about Harris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
In this agonizing final scene, we meet a new Iago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But Cyngor Gwynedd councillor Craig ab Iago said Article 4 being quashed was "disappointing".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
After seeing her Richard, I’m already wondering about her Hamlet and Iago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago is furious to find Michael Cassio, ‘a great arithmetician’, whose knowledge of warfare is all book-learning, has been promoted ahead of him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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