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However, I was stabbed in the back that same afternoon.
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The speaker says that, despite something mentioned earlier, an injury or betrayal happened that afternoon. “Stabbed in the back” can mean being physically attacked, but it is also a common expression for being betrayed. Without surrounding context, the quote does not establish which meaning is intended; “however” signals a contrast with an earlier statement.
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