Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoners
Noun
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Faithfuls also have chances to banish traitors by voting them out of the castle during a nightly event called the roundtable.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Rinna was selected as one of the traitors on the show, but she was voted off.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Those funds often backed far-right Republican insurgents.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Amid the nods to social media and cancel culture and the shallow perils of modern celebrity, the image of Taylor-Joy’s disciplined group of insurgents, who speak in almost archaic, poetic dialogue, strikes a bracing contrast.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hezbollah was further weakened when rebels overthrew the regime of key ally Syrian President Bashar Assad, cutting off a major supply route for Iranian weapons.—
Adam Geller,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Operation Aspides was set up two years ago, to help defend maritime traffic against possible attacks by Houthi rebels based in Yemen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump started his second presidency by pardoning the insurrectionists who’d wanted to unlawfully extend his first.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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And with members' own reelection hopes beginning to clash with some politically unpopular policies coming from the White House, the number of Republican defectors could grow as the midterm elections approach.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Among the defectors, only two started games for the Canes in 2025.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Harry Truman granted amnesty to certain World War II deserters, while Jimmy Carter granted pardons to hundreds of thousands of individuals who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.—
Stewart Ulrich,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Abandoners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoners. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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