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subverter

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Noun

Rinna, a fellow traitor and the person who helped Rausch secure the bag, had similarly been crossed by him, twice.

— The Deadline Team, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
His tenure was upended by the arrest of Aldrich Ames, a CIA traitor.

— Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 22 July 2026

Definition of traitor

Noun

As part of those shows, the band played a mini-set of Television songs in honor of their late friend and collaborator Verlaine.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi,Wilson, a collaborator named Charles Chiu, and several others co-founded a company called Delve Bio, which specializes in metagenomic testing of cerebrospinal fluid.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of collaborator

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Kristen Stewart loves to be a little subversive with her fashion choices.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 23 June 2026
The seamless integration of old and new feels stealthy, and a touch subversive, a doubling-down on the museum’s approach to time as nonlinear, sinuous and delightfully slippery.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of subversive

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Cunningham was met with a mixture of boos and cheers from the sellout crowd.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Mookie Betts got hit by reliever Yohan Ramírez to open the inning and Max Muncy followed with a double to set up Tucker, who again received encouraging applause from the sellout crowd of 53,417.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of sellout

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The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.

— Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of turncoat

Noun

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
But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.

— Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025

Definition of quisling

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The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

Definition of betrayer

Noun

Evidence presented at the trial showed Dillman and a co-conspirator raised funds from investors by misleading them about the capabilities and profitability of Block Bits Capital, authorities said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
After the home invasion, the conspirators changed clothes and planned to meet in Orlando the following morning.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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