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The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
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French police say the robbers entered the Louvre’s first floor using the Böcker lift, broke open two display cases with a power grinder, and escaped on scooters within ten minutes.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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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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Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Senior Javon Jones is a game-wrecker on the Eaglecrest defensive front.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mack, in particular, is renowned as a wrecker of plays at the line of scrimmage, although he is best known for his relentless pursuit of quarterbacks.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 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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To this end, this visit effectively places a front-line American destroyer and a rapid-deployment Marine unit within immediate reach of Venezuela.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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Mack, who is renowned for his elite pass rushing ability, also is a destroyer of running plays.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Despoiler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoiler. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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