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The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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Otherwise Israel could, in theory, only chip at Fordo’s periphery—by destroying power sources, collapsing entrances or sending saboteurs—while uranium continues to be enriched below.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Police suspected both pranksters and international saboteurs, with public concerns about possible Russian involvement, Reuters reported.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Simon explored tensions between disbelief and faith, envisioned the Lord as both guardian and saboteur, and seldom arrived at definitive answers to his probing thoughts.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Police suspected both pranksters and international saboteurs, with public concerns about possible Russian involvement, Reuters reported.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Simon explored tensions between disbelief and faith, envisioned the Lord as both guardian and saboteur, and seldom arrived at definitive answers to his probing thoughts.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saboteur. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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