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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoiler
Noun
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But any assumption that a Trump-Putin deal will cause the Kremlin’s spies and saboteurs to step back is dangerously mistaken.—
ANDREI SOLDATOV,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Mar. 2025 -
As the sun and Chiron harmonize, face your inner saboteur.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
8 Feb. 2025
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Like the out-of-state marauders who terrorized Oklahoma towns in the early 1900s, Morris did not reside in Oklahoma, so Drummond said his office determined that the statute of limitations did not apply.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The sheltering animals become a makeshift community of helpmates, but marauders onshore, and in the air, abound.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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After a chance encounter on Hollywood Boulevard when Edward stops to ask for directions, the corporate raider hires the street-smart Vivian to spend the night with him at his hotel, which ultimately turns into a week.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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But Wegner points out that the raiders also took all the treasures—including the king’s mummy and sarcophagus—from the tomb, leaving it bereft of clues to help archaeologists track down the king’s identity.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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If Williams becomes a game wrecker and perennial Pro Bowler in New England and the Panthers’ defensive reinforcements fail to move the needle, Monday might be remembered most for the one that got away.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Ryles is a leader and 5-foot-3 game wrecker whose 29 points gave the Baltimore native 87 over three games this week.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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During the test, the destroyer USS Pinckney fired a simulated Standard Missile-6 upgraded missile at a medium-range ballistic missile target, which was equipped with a hypersonic target vehicle for testing and defeating hypersonic threats, according to the press release.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Sailors on the destroyer USS Carney were awarded combat medals after shooting down 14 Houthi drones that attacked them at sea in December 2023.—
The Editors,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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Travelers can also visit the San Felipe Fort for a dose of pirate history, then unwind in the slow-moving current of the natural lazy river Los Rápidos.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Elementary School Kids can step into the world of pirates at The North Carolina Maritime Museum, where artifacts from Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge ship live.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Despoiler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoiler. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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