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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoiler
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Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026 -
Responding officers headed to the scene spotted two men matching the description of the robbers and arrested both in the area of the Sox-35th Red Line station around 15 minutes after the robbery, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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In researching a story that spans the globe, Fox uncovers her mother’s true experience from Nazi slave to freedom fighter, from refugee to spy and saboteur.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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As online reviews turn vicious and everyone from staff to local collaborators falls under suspicion, Orsa must uncover the saboteur before the evening—and her pristine reputation—crumbles.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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The vehicle was towed from the scene using a wrecker.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2026
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McDonald was a game-wrecker for one of the best defenses in the country, earning consensus All-American honors.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Taopiaopiao release centers on an underperforming local police unit that fabricates minor cases to pad its record, only to uncover a genuine criminal conspiracy after a burst water main exposes a gang of tomb raiders posing as repair workers.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Although their destroyer was somewhat imprudently named HMS Brazen.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Feb. 2026
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All hail Anthropic, the destroyer of everything.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay.—
Fran J. Ruiz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
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Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Everyone cosplays as a wasteland ravager, depraved, ugly, and dirty, talking about cannibalism and the brutality of all sorts.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Despoiler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoiler. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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