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Recent Examples of deserter The opposition needs just three more deserters from the party to pass the bill. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024 In 1782, they were tasked with apprehending Hessian deserters, earning a reward of two guineas for each one recovered, whether dead or alive. Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024 Rachel knows that William is too good to be a deserter. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024 Still, the officer harbors no ill will toward deserters. Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for deserter 
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Noun
  • Gabbard repeatedly refused to call Snowden a traitor at the hearing.
    Justin Green, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Anyone who refuses to label a traitor to the U.S. as a traitor is completely unqualified to lead our intelligence community.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to attack shipping traffic through the Red Sea, but an emboldened Israel has scored direct hits against its fighters, including inside Yemen itself.
    Ian Bremmer, TIME, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Though it is touted by many as the world’s best missile defense, attacks by Iran last year showed that the Iron Done is far from unbeatable, with projectiles fired by Tehran and Houthi rebels landing in Israel.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • To someone, the renegade and pop-culture memes might be worth a few months’ rent.
    Hank Sanders, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The renegades’ aim was to alert the people in their outies’ lives of the horrors innies experience.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Deserter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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