come-outers

noun

plural of come-outer
as in leavers

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  1. traitors
  2. dropouts
  3. rebels
  4. insurgents
  5. quislings
  6. turncoats
  7. insurrectionists
Noun
  • In reality, the big debate has been about questions such as whether military bases should be named for traitors and whether governments should host monuments to a rebellion to defend slavery.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Those who opposed the coup, like Tom Keith's grandfather, are still often thought of as traitors, just as his distant relatives are.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traitors
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  • Reasons for the increase in dropouts Baltimore City Schools says the dropout rate is seeing a spike because of the COVID pandemic, adding that students who began high school during the pandemic were not receiving as many wrap around services through virtual learning.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of dropouts
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  • Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels set fire to Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia colony.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Smokejumpers kicked cargo destined for mountain villages in Vietnam, Hmong rebels in Laos, and Muslim dissidents in China.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • The insecurity landscape is also more chaotic because some groups, after initially being invited to help defend against insurgents, turned into terrorists, said Dengiyefa Angalapu, an analyst at the Center for Democracy and Development in Abuja.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Socialists have found a new footing in the party, with younger and more left-wing insurgents ousting older establishment figures to demand generational and ideological change.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of insurgents
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  • It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of quislings
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  • Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In his first interview since the tragic events in May, Cacique, a Spanish nickname given to a local boss, said the turncoats hoped to receive a reward for the capture of Robert Colina, whose alias was Pantera, Spanish for panther.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of turncoats
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
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