When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
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Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.
The last four championship games have been sellouts, according to league statistics.
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Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The Sacramento River Cats have led minor league baseball in attendance 10 times in 26 seasons, and the A’s have already recorded nine sellouts this season with 50 home games remaining, giving MLB real data points that competing cities cannot offer.
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Michael McGough. Story produced with AI assistance,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2026
Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
In his first interview since the tragic events in May, Cacique, a Spanish nickname given to a local boss, said the turncoats hoped to receive a reward for the capture of Robert Colina, whose alias was Pantera, Spanish for panther.
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Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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