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The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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In Gil, the show will lose the dry humor and anarchist/saboteur/dissenter quality of a cast member who has been a major, integral member of the show since 2010.
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Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
But hidden away in a secret HQ, a group of celebrity saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even far from the front line, soldiers tend to dress casually—presumably because of the risk of spies or saboteurs.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
But that was back when the world was a simpler place and Mickelson wasn’t the saboteur of professional golf’s social stratum.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
But hidden away in a secret HQ, a group of celebrity saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Even far from the front line, soldiers tend to dress casually—presumably because of the risk of spies or saboteurs.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
But that was back when the world was a simpler place and Mickelson wasn’t the saboteur of professional golf’s social stratum.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for saboteur
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saboteur. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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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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