defector

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Noun
  • Go way back to President Lincoln, who made hard decisions himself about deserters from the Army, things like that.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The opposition needs just three more deserters from the party to pass the bill.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The remaining players will therefore have to rely on their instincts to know whether there is still a traitor left in the game.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Dumitrescu The Treachery of Translation Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.
    Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, includes 1,400 shots, 1,347 of which are VFX.
    Simon Thompson, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But, in fairness, the George Miller action film, which follows the origin story of the fearless renegade (originally played by a shorn Charlize Theron, and this time by the great Anya Taylor-Joy), had huge shoes to fill.
    Photo: Courtesy of MGM., refinery29.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Myanmar, where the government regards any aid entering conflict zones as support for insurgents, that can mean international groups operate almost clandestinely to get lifesaving provisions to the local groups that can distribute them.
    Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • While the military did not disclose details about the individuals killed, Balochistan has long been a hotspot for insurgent activity.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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