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- adverb In a duplicitous,
two-faced manner
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Examples
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"duplicitously" at the behest of the German government.
BBC News - Home 2011
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But arousing the public duplicitously should be acknowledged by all as the disgrace it is.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Abortion, Scientific Denialism And Religious Fundamentalism Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2011
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Taconic, which was a finalist in the bidding, has filed a lawsuit in New York state court against the seller, Mountbatten Equities, alleging that the firm "cynically and duplicitously" used Taconic as a "stalking horse" bidder to increase the sale price.
Condo Complex Sparks a Battle Laura Kusisto 2011
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The buffs who push the occupation argument have duplicitously taken the ruling out of context and applied a few cherry-picked words of the tribunal literally.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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There was such poignancy as McQueen spoke about the adoration of his Scottish roots and duplicitously being a London boy.
Tamie Adaya: Enjoying A Quick Stop In New York Tamie Adaya 2011
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Taconic, which was a finalist in the bidding, has filed a lawsuit in New York state court against the seller, Mountbatten Equities, alleging that the firm "cynically and duplicitously" used Taconic as a "stalking horse" bidder to increase the sale price.
Condo Complex Sparks a Battle Laura Kusisto 2011
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But arousing the public duplicitously should be acknowledged by all as the disgrace it is.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Abortion, Scientific Denialism And Religious Fundamentalism Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2011
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By voluntarily accepting to be a frontline ally in the war on terror—albeit often duplicitously, and in exchange for money—Pakistan's leaders arguably already consented to bin Laden being killed on their territory.
Was bin Laden's Killing Lawful? Sandeep Gopalan 2011
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"For now ... these states 'core values are too different from the ones espoused, however partially and duplicitously, by the international community's main players," Castañeda concludes. lozadac@washpost.com
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The buffs who push the occupation argument have duplicitously taken the ruling out of context and applied a few cherry-picked words of the tribunal literally.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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