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Otherwise, you will have betrayed a confidence and betrayed a friend.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021

“If,” Pritzker said at a speech in Waukegan, “these allegations of wrongdoing by the speaker are true, there is no question that he will have betrayed the public trust, and he must resign.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2020

“If these allegations of wrongdoing by the speaker are true, there is no question that he will have betrayed the public trust and he must resign.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2020

And by the play’s end everyone will have betrayed or been betrayed — in most cases, both.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018

I thought she would say no, she said, “If he ever sees you, you will have betrayed me.”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer