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The car's tires were slashed by saboteurs.
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The reality show challenges faithful contestants to identify a number of secret saboteurs among them in an effort to win a cash prize.
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In addition to striking that meeting of captains, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate and special operations command may have sent saboteurs to blow up a critical railroad through Tokmak on Dec. 15, reportedly destroying a fuel train in the process and disrupting Russian logistics in the area.
—David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The saboteurs' goal was to imply that No Labels was a right-wing shadow effort.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In addition to striking that meeting of captains, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate and special operations command may have sent saboteurs to blow up a critical railroad through Tokmak on Dec. 15, reportedly destroying a fuel train in the process and disrupting Russian logistics in the area.
—David Axe, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The saboteurs' goal was to imply that No Labels was a right-wing shadow effort.
—Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Saboteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saboteur. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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saboteur
noun
sab·o·teur
ˌsab-ə-ˈtər 
-ˈt(y)u̇(ə)r
: a person who performs sabotage
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