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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoiler
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The pic follows a bank robber (Eastwood) and his irreverent sidekick (Bridges) who reassemble their old posse for a daring new heist.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025 -
The donut shop robber (now known to be villain Lightningstruck) is on the prowl again.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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By hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even if Robert picks a suitable candidate, a saboteur is likely to ignore a direct order and tag along to steal the glory.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 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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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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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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Meanwhile, the outgoing 47th task group, comprising the destroyer CNS Baotou, the frigate CNS Honghe and the supply ship CNS Gaoyouhu, has been on deployment for almost a year, after the three-ship flotilla left Zhoushan, China, on December 15, 2024.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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In August, the United States began assembling a large-scale deployment in the southern Caribbean Sea near northern Venezuela, creating a Joint Task Force that initially included three destroyers—equipped for air, anti-submarine and missile defense—and an amphibious group of roughly 4,500 troops.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 17 Nov. 2025.
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