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The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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The saboteurs' goal was to imply that No Labels was a right-wing shadow effort.
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Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The United States also revealed Russian plans to send saboteurs into eastern Ukraine to stage an incident that could provide Putin with a pretext for an invasion.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2022
Yet another plot wrinkle is the role the rebellion — and one saboteur within the rebellion — might have in affecting both the emperor’s business on Arrakis and the Sisterhood’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
Far more than a mere villain, Macrinus is a saboteur and opportunist in this Roman Empire epic, where those taken as slaves are forced to fight in an arena before an audience with a grim outcome: kill or be killed.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The United States also revealed Russian plans to send saboteurs into eastern Ukraine to stage an incident that could provide Putin with a pretext for an invasion.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2022
Yet another plot wrinkle is the role the rebellion — and one saboteur within the rebellion — might have in affecting both the emperor’s business on Arrakis and the Sisterhood’s sphere of influence.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
Far more than a mere villain, Macrinus is a saboteur and opportunist in this Roman Empire epic, where those taken as slaves are forced to fight in an arena before an audience with a grim outcome: kill or be killed.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saboteur. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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saboteur
noun
sab·o·teur
ˌsab-ə-ˈtər 
-ˈt(y)u̇(ə)r
: a person who performs sabotage
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