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Recent Examples of turncoat Its players are turncoats whose legacies are forever stained. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025 Many countries have a great turncoat in their history. Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025 This is all happening because the person who’s supposed to be leading the charge against the spread of communicable disease is something of a turncoat, instead working to increase our vulnerability to these pathogens. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025 This is less a chant and more a fireworks show celebrating the permanent expungement of all turncoats and pests. Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turncoat
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traitor
Noun
  • Young-il’s brother is still searching for the island — but a traitor on the boat is preventing the detective from reaching the game site.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Jun-ho continues his search for the island on which the Squid Games are taking place - but there's a traitor amongst his team.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

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“Turncoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turncoat. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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