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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the robbers shattered a window using an angle grinder, broke two display cases and escaped on motorbikes, according to USA TODAY.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
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The Louvre's outdated security system failed to detect robbers in time to prevent a daytime heist of eight French crown jewels worth millions, the museum's director said Wednesday before the French Senate's Culture, Education and Sport Committee.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
23 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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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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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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In the Tatsuya Nagamine movie, Z is the name of an admiral who has sworn to destroy all the pirates of the New World, because of the pirates’ dream to have no leader, motivated only by their alliances that uphold the interests of every person and community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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For Larissa Knapp, a 27-year FBI veteran who was hired by an entertainment trade group last year to bolster ACE’s work hunting pirates, the timing could hardly have been better.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Despoilers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilers. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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