abandoner

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Noun
  • As the castle’s internal order collapses under the weight of a string of baffling crimes, Araki strikes a fragile alliance with Kuroda Kanbei – a razor-minded captive languishing in his own dungeon – in a race to root out a traitor before Oda’s army closes in.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In the context of his time, Jesus was considered a traitor — an enemy of the Roman Empire.
    Michael J Christensen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm.
    Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The two first crossed paths in 2001, when Rich Boy was Maurice Richards, a soon-to-be dropout at Tuskegee University, studying mechanical engineering.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 Apr. 2026
  • One dropout told me about the first check cut to her company, from an angel investor a year before.
    Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Judas, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, was believed to be the 13th Apostle to join the table at the Last Supper.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Its leaders have been working to rebuild relations with Arab and Western countries that had shunned Syria under former President Bashar Assad, who was ousted in December 2024 by rebels, who then installed a new government.
    Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • As the years tick by, the lips become a bit of a rebel.
    Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kidal's capture in a similar militant-insurgent alliance over a decade ago was at the root of the security crisis that has shaken Mali.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Mali has faced years of escalating insurgent violence; the ruling military junta, which pledged to restore stability in a 2020 coup, turned to Russia for assistance in its counterinsurgency campaign.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Few among the bureaucratic, business, and even military elites denounced the mutineers, exposing limited support for Putin.
    ANDREI YAKOVLEV, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
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“Abandoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoner. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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