Citations:back-stabby
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English citations of back-stabby
Adjective: "alternative spelling of backstabby"[edit]
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- 1995 — Peter Rainer, "Movie Review: Talented Cast Bogged Down in Mystery Thriller 'Cause'", Los Angeles Times, 15 February 1995:
- The notion that life in Harvard's upper echelons might be as back-stabby as life in the backwater small-town precincts of Florida never seems to have crossed the filmmakers' minds.
- 2005 — "Winslet Not In Competition With Other Actresses", ContactMusic.com, 5 December 2005:
- She jokes, "I'm so good at losing now, I expect nothing! You'd think it would be all back-stabby and competitive, but it's actually very sisterly.
- "You keep meeting everyone you're up against at lunches for nominees, so you end up holding hands for one another."
- 2010 — Jonathan Capehart, "What's up with Massa?", The Washington Post, 8 March 2010:
- You can listen to the entire radio show here. And when you do, be prepared for some real palace intrigue. Not the back-stabby kind President Obama wants to put the kibosh on in the West Wing.